Saturday was our fifth anniversary (which just so happens to be the wood anniversary), so Friday night the boys and I put our stealth plan into action. The plan was to buy an oak tree (Mike's favorite) and plant it Friday night while Mike was at work. After calling all of the nurseries and garden centers in the area only to discover that they were all sold out of oak trees, it became clear that the plan would need to be tweaked. Luckily, my parents have many acres of woods, so we went over there, and headed down the trail with J and Klaudia. Eventually, we found the tree we were looking for, and the boys helped J dig it up. Then we headed back to the house for dinner.
After dinner, J was kind enough to bring the tree to our house in his truck and plant it for us (again with some help from the boys, who this time added to the fun by making a huge mess with their chocolate ice cream cones). By this time, it was pretty late and getting dark. Happily, Mike didn't notice the tree when he came home from work later that night.
Saturday morning, in the midst of getting ready for our trip, the boys and I took Mike outside to see his anniversary gift. The boys were literally hopping with excitement, and Mike was pretty pleased too. It was a good way to kick off an adventurous weekend for all of us.
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