Recent Date Nights

We don't have cable or dish or anything to get TV channels, so Jacob & I watch our shows online after they air on TV.  Last week was the season premiere of The Office!  To make the premiere a little more fun, we had an office-themed party! (Just me & Jacob... but it's still a party.)  I got the ideas & printables from The Dating Divas (I just LOVE their blog, if you haven't noticed).  Jacob had been sick all week & was feeling really rotten, but we still had a good time. 

Our office-themed food:  Stanley's Free Pretzel, Big Tuna Sandwiches, & Dunder Muffins

Saturday we had our first date night from Jacob's birthday present, which I explained in my last post (in case you have no idea what I'm talking about).  Our date night was Jamaican-themed, so I made Jerk Chicken.  The recipe I used was not authentic Jamaican Jerk, but it sure was delicious!  I was a little worried as I was blending all of the ingredients into a gross-looking greenish slop to pour on top of the chicken, but it was SO good.  I started getting excited as it was cooking because it smelled amazing.  (You're also supposed to make jerk chicken on the grill, but we don't have a grill, so we had to settle for baked.)  We had rice and zucchini with the chicken--no special Jamaican recipes there, just normal rice & zucchini.  I also tried a recipe for baked plantains with cinnamon & sugar, but they were awful.  Most of the recipes fry them, but I didn't want to stand over the stove getting scalded by hot oil, so I went with the oven recipe.  Maybe they would have been better fried, but I don't think I'll ever buy plantains again to try... they just tasted so bad.  Anyway, we also listened to Jamaican music on the computer as we ate.  After dinner, we watched Cool Runnings, which was even better than I remembered from when I would watch it as a kid.  I was worried it would be one of those movies that aren't as fun to watch as an adult, but it's definitely not.  It was even funnier than I remembered.

Sadly, I took no photos of our dinner or of anything else on our date night.  It had been an awful day, and the kids had been terrible, and it was hard enough just to get everything ready for the date and get the kids in bed so that we could have our kid-free date night, so I didn't bother with taking any pictures.  I regret it now, but oh well!  For our next date, I'll definitely make sure I get some pictures.  In October, we go to Germany for Oktoberfest!