Valentine's Day: Then and Now

Once upon a time, while working at Disney World, a Bear from Maine met a Puddin' from Hawaii, and they fell in love.

First Valentine's Day

As Puddin' tells it:

Our first date was February 8th, the second date was the next day or day after. Third date was on the 11th, and that's when we had our first kiss. On the 12th I told his best friend that Bear was someone I could see myself marrying.

Valentine's Day was our 4th date. Bear brought me a giant box of Winnie-the-Pooh chocolates. We had dinner (I don't remember where), then we went to the Polynesian resort, walked on the beach, and sat in a gazebo or something and had the "where do you see yourself in 5 years" conversation. And we made out a lot and that's all I remember.

Our next Valentine's Day we were married for almost two months.

A pic from one of the early dates.

As Bear tells it:

Our first date we went to Cicis Pizza and saw Fantasmic. Our third date we watched IlluminNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot. We smooched after the fireworks right outside "Italy". (At this point he looks at Puddin' and asks, "Was I into you at this point?" She answers, "We sure made out a lot.")

Our first Valentine's Day? I honestly can't remember!

She grew on me. It was nice to be needed and I liked her and every time we hung out it was fun. We just clicked. It made sense. We just have fun.

Bear always looks bored when he's having fun.

This Year 

As Bear tells it:

Lunch was AWESOME. We had tacos. I was gonna get her flowers and chocolate-covered strawberries but the store I ordered from ran out, so I'll get it for her a couple days later when the Valentine's crap is 50% off. The government doesn't get to tell me what day I need to love my wife.

As Puddin' tells it:

We went out to lunch on Valentine's Day itself, me and Bear and Papaya, and Papaya hogged Daddy. He stopped listening to me. It was like I was the third wheel on Bear and Papaya's date. He kept on gooshing about her, "Oh man, this is the best date ever!" and stuff like that. Then he asked permission to give me chocolates the day after, when they are on clearance.

On Friday Bear brought home flowers, then surprised me with a big box of Ferrero Rocher on the seat of the car. We went to eat at a new restaurant called Bocca and ate WAY too much. He ordered a carbonara pizza that came with an egg on it? Maybe it was supposed to be sunny side up but the white was only partially cooked. It was snot pizza. 😂😂 The waiter took it off our bill.

After dinner we went to Dave & Buster's and played all kinds of games. 

After Dave & Buster's we went to Walmart and picked out cards for each other and then put them back. Saved $10! 

Then we came home, sent the sitter home, checked on the babies, and played on our phones and then went to sleep. Ha ha.

As Goosey tells it:

So why did they have their date Friday instead of on Valentine's itself? Because they offered babysitting to some of their friends and neighbors! Wednesday night they had six extra kids (for a total of 10!) so that three other couples could enjoy their Valentine's dates. DaVinci and his buddy helped keep an eye on the younger kids. Isn't that an amazing service?

They also had me over. Puddin' presented me with a box of chocolates, and a tiny pink rose bush in a ladybug pot. I almost died from the cute. Then we all had hot dogs and pink pancakes for dinner!

GoosePuddin' hopes you all had a Happy Valentine's Day! 💗💗💗