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H's 40th - help me please
Ok so my H is turning 40 on October 10th. I had originally planned to have a huge surprise party for him, but I got pregnant and had the baby and it just wasn't an easy thing to plan (with his family all being in NY and all). Last year I had a chef come to our house and make a dinner for us and the next morning I had one of his childhood friends come over and a limo picked them up early in the morning to take them to play golf at TPC (all a surprise). I love to surprise him but this year I am all out of ideas. This is a big birthday for him and he says he just wants to go out to dinner with me and our babies :-) I tried to plan a trip to Orlando and maybe go to the Epcot food & wine festival but he said it would be too much with the new baby.
Does anyone have any fresh ideas of something I could do to surprise him and trump everything else? Ugh this year is difficult but I want to go all out if I can.
Re: H's 40th - help me please
Food and Wine would be really nice, I don't think it would be too much with the babies. One night you could do Mickey's not so scary Halloween for Miss A as well if you are wanting it to be completely family friendly.
What if you got him tickets to go to a city he has never been to (and wants to go) for a long weekend with a buddy (or you for that matter)
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Ditto this. MH turns 40 next April. I'm planning to send him and 2 of his buddies to Miami for a long weekend. On his actual birthday, we'll probably just do something low-key such as dinner at home with the family.
This is our exact itinerary for the coming weekend! lol
K - it's so sweet that you go all out for your H! What if you did an early dinner with your family then maybe your mom or somebody could take Ava and Jax while you and H rendezvous for the remainder of the evening. Get a limo and go to Berns for dessert. Then do sexy things in the limo on the way home...maybe stop at a strip club for the grand finale. Whatever you decide, I know it will be fun so I cannot wait to hear all about it!
We had planned to bring my mom along to babysit for the evening at the hotel but H really does not want to do this - he just thinks it will be more of a hassle to pack up all the supplies for the kids and he'd just rather be able to relax.
*ETA* The city thing - he wouldn't go for either. With his hospital call schedule his time at home with us is limited so he definitely prefers to spend the time with me and the kids.
His birthday is in 2 weeks, baby will be 10 weeks and he just doesn't want to have haul everything to Orlando.
No, we're not. It's on a weeknight and my only babysitter (my mom who is staying with us temporarily) just had surgery and can't really do much, especially with a crazy, energetic almost 3 year old running wild.
could you rent a boat for an evening and go out on the bay? have dinner served on the boat?
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You could have your mom come over for just a couple of hours so that you guys could go do something one-on-one- get a couple's massage, see a movie, play a round of golf- and then meet up for dinner with the kids.
I know it's hard to plan things when the kids are small. When all else fails, I write my husband a nice card or love note to say all of the things I am feeling. Sometimes time and/or money mean that not every birthday can be an extravagant blowout, but knowing how much you think about him and how happy you are that he was born are probably the best gifts you could give him.
Oh, okay, well that makes sense then.
Great ideas! And very sweet!
I also like the boat idea.