I came home from work last night and saw the kitchen table decorated and set up for a nice dinner for two. Ahhh, how nice. My wife put together a romantic meal for us! But then I found out the dinner wasn’t for us โ it was for my son Benjamin and my daughter, Ava. Even better!
It was a last-minute thing she decided to do for the kids and it was so cute! They had a cute little Valentine’s dinner together. They say a picture is worth a thousand words โฆ rather than write a book about this, I’ll just post a bunch of pictures. They speak for themselves.
If you’ve been here before, you know about Jack. If not, Jack is our middle child. He’s 7 years old and he’s severely autistic. He wasn’t a part of the dinner because realistically, he’d get frustrated sitting at the table and it was past his dinner time. That’s just life for a family with a child who has autism.
If you’ve never been here before, the name of this site, Operation Jack, refers to an endeavor I took on last year, running 61 full marathons to raise money and awareness for a charity I’m a part of called Train 4 Autism. I’m done running the marathons, but it’s never to late to click on the Donate Now link at the top of this page and make a tax-deductible contribution! Just sayin’ โฆ
After the kids went to bed, Tiff and I had steak and salad for dinner and then watched a terrible movie, Knight and Day. I actually only watched half of it because it put me to sleep.
OK, watch this quick video and then check out the pictures!
Denise Willer says
Ok, we already know Tiffany is an incredible lady, doing all of the biomedical interventions for Jack and running your home, making sweet, wonderful Valentine’s dinners for your kids. The thing that astounded me is that she manages to still feed your other two non-GFCF and Jack GFCF diets! That is not an easy feat, and I am so impressed by that. It’s hard to think in two separate categories like that all the time. Hats off to you, Tiff!
Rebecca Damon says
Cutest dinner ever! Lucky Lucky kiddos!
Sugar Magnolia says
Love it! I never thought about doing something like this for my kid.
Tiffany Felsenfeld says
Okay, seriously? How embarrassing! Although, I think the picture with Jack in it is funny because I remember what he was doing at the time. He had ran downstairs from the playroom to snatch a heart candy. It was cute because he thought he was being all sly about it!
Denise- I’m used to making separate meals all the time because I don’t normally eat what Sam eats. If I did, with all that pasta, I’d be 300 pounds! A few times a week though, the four of us do eat the same dinner. ๐
Thanks for the nice comments. But I’m sure I’m not the only mom out there who does nice things for her kids. ๐ (blushing)
~Tiff
Ally Phillips says
So, so, so sweet! Great pictures. Thanks for sharin!
Eric Graham says
I think this is awesome!
Erin F says
This is so adorable!!! ๐ Aww you guys are so sweet