Kyle's 25th Birthday

For Kyle's 25th birthday, I was going to throw him a surprise party.  But then he threw me a surprise party for my birthday, so I knew I couldn't turn around and "copy"...  I thought about getting the guys together for paintball, but all of our med student friends are busy studying for Step 1.  I then decided that I would make this a fun surprise adventure.  I thought up some fun things we could do together (basically an extra long, extra fun date night) and imagined giving him little cards along the way which stated our next adventure.

My first surprise was going to be a nice picnic lunch.  Whenever we go to Churchill's, we always stare at the yummy ready-made lunch options.  Churchill's is a bit pricey, but great quality.  We've never made the decision to splurge on their lunches, so I figured Kyle's (my foodie) birthday was a pretty good reason to do so.  Then around 10:30am he told me that someone from work was taking him to Wendy's for lunch.  BAM.  So much for that surprise.  I told him that his first birthday surprise - "Picnic lunch with the loveliest lady in the land"- was not going to happen.  He was really bummed about this, but we're going to try to reschedule that for later this week.

Surprise #2: "Cookies with co-workers"  I baked two and a half dozen chocolate chip cookies for Kyle and his colleagues using a recipe my friend, Asiyih, had used before she and her husband left for China.  That night, I couldn't stop eating the little bites of deliciousness, so I figured this was a good choice.  And it was.  The reason why there are 2.5 dozen cookies is because while waiting for the first two dozen to bake, I ate my way through the remaining dough.  Oops.  I promise: someday I will make exactly the amount of cookies a recipe is supposed to make.

Suprise #2: "Putt putt at Perry Falls" A few weeks ago, Kyle & I purchased a Groupon for mini golf at a place in Perrysburg.  I think this one will be a complete surprise for him since he probably doesn't remember it's sitting in my Groupon queue.  And this is where my post from earlier today comes into play.  Earlier it said it was supposed to have scattered thunderstorms with rain starting around 4pm.  Now the weather says that the rain shouldn't start til closer to 7pm.  Hopefully the most recent forecast is correct!

Surprise #3: "Kyoto Ka"  If you ask Kyle what his favorite food is, there's a good chance he'll say "I don't know."  Sometimes it's 'steak', sometimes it's 'sushi'.  Really, his favorite food is good food.  Since we just had steak this weekend at his mom's house, I've decided to take him to Kyoto Ka.  I still haven't figured out why we haven't been there before.  Possibly because we only ever get sushi when we have a Groupon or when there is half-off sushi - neither of which has happened with Kyoto Ka.  Kyoto Ka was the only sushi place I had ever been to before moving to the area.  Asiyih had taken me there twice and it was delicious.  I hope Kyle feels the same way!

Surprise #4: "Créme Brûlée"  Yesterday on the way back from his mom's house, I asked him what his favorite dessert was.  I was planning on using this for surprise #2, but since his answer was 'créme brûlée' that was obviously out of the question.  But then I remembered the first time I ever had créme brûlée...and it was at a delicious bistro just across the street from Kyoto Ka!  Ta da!  Dessert!

Surprise #5: "Battleship"  No, we're not going to sit in our apartment and play battleship...  My original #5 was going to be "Klondike bar + raspberries + movie" meaning that we would have dessert and watch a movie at home, but as soon as I thought of the créme brûlée place I knew that was going to be even more lame than it already was.  So then I started checking what was playing in theaters and I saw Battleship.  Even when we had watched the previews, we didn't think it was going to be an amazing movie (and apparently it's not).  But we still said we wanted to see it, so now we will!

Now it's time for me to head out to get this birthday started!  I'll be posting pictures back in this post later...once Kyle shows me how to download photos from our new camera (I don't even know where the cable is).  Wish me luck!  And wish Kyle a happy 25th birthday! :)