My husband and I are not really into celebrating Valentine's Day. But this year, we bought into the V-day clichés of roses, chocolates and a planned nice dinner date.

Yes, I did describe it as nice rather than romantic.

If you have a 3 year old whose butt is always on fire and a 5-month old who needs to be entertained 24/7 to consider, then you'd understand why romantic is a word that you should never EVER associate with dinner.

With these two kids in consideration, our planned "nice" dinner didn't even materialize. Instead, we ended up having our Valentine's dinner at McDonald's!

Oh well... at least, the 3-year old energizer rabbit got his kiddie meal and happily sat on his chair for a relatively long period. We... well, my husband and I were able to eat in peace. We had burgers, fries and drinks.

The evening was like any other evening. The only difference was that there were flowers and chocolates at home. And we got 3 kisses each from a three-year old who now thinks that Valentine's day is celebrated the way we did.