Taylors Falls - Interstate Park Minnesota - Date Day

My wife and I are very simple people (okay, wife corrected me.  She would like to say she is not a simple person.  She just doesn’t mind saving money on dates and anniversaries and birthdays.  She would much rather be though of as glamorous – which she is)  and spent our date day celebrating our 2^nd wedding anniversary at Taylors Fall Interstate Park in Eastern Minnesota.   It was two days after the actual date but it was a day that Gramma could watch Rylan.  We did some hiking looking over beautiful cliffs.  The St. Croix River has a very neat history of how it was formed.

Before we went Taylors Fall, we went to a El Toro Mexican Restaurant.  We love Mexican food and all you can eat chips.  Many of the Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas have great lunch specials.  As a new dad, I am lucky to have a wife that can be a cheap date for a wedding anniversary.  What matters most is that we did something fun like hiking.  It was just as fun as going to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse (Steak place I highly recommend).

After we spent most of our day hiking the trails of Interstate Park, seeing soaring bald eagles and glistening water, we saw the movie The Hangover.  The movie is very funny.  As a new dad though, there is something that crossed the line for me as I would think it would with all fathers and mothers / parents.  It is what they do with a baby.  If I were not a new father, it would not have meant anything to me and probably would have found it funny.  There is something about that connection and protection you have as a new father.  If you have seen the movie, I believe you know what I was talking about.   Does it cross the line even for a movie?

After the movie, Melissa and I had Little Caesar’s Pizza.  A person cannot beat two large pepperoni pizzas with breadsticks for $12.  Don’t worry, Melissa and I did not eat both pizzas.  We were nice and shared it with my parents.

When we finished eating the pizza Melissa was showing Rylan a clock, Rylan started saying clock or “c-ck”.  He  also said my nieces name, Kyleigh.  Of course, he said “Kaayee”, but it  is close enough.  He is getting to the age that he is starting to copy sounds and understanding objects.  It is getting exciting as my little big boy is growing up.

Overall, the celebration of our second wedding anniversary was great, as it involved hiking, eating at a Mexican restaurant and going to a movie.   The movie, eating out and pizza after cost us a little less than $30.  Not too bad for celebrating an anniversary and having a blast.

Real Dad Blog Version:  Melissa and I celebrated our 2^nd anniversary today.  My parents watched the little one. We went hiking, ate some Mexican food and saw The Hangover.  Funny movie.  Then we grubbed on some pizza.  Great day.