The Lee Family: Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day arrived and the girls were so excited. They eagerly headed off to school for their parties and I made sure we were ready to celebrate at home that evening. I decided to buy a ribeye steak that had been cut so it looked like a huge heart. It was actually pretty clever. Along with the steak, I thought we could have asparagus and corn spoon bread. The girls don't really love the corn spoon bread, so I included cucumbers, bell peppers and radishes that I'd cut up as an appetizer before dinner.

Sofia had soccer practice at 5pm and it ended up being a strangely warm and humid day, well into the low-70s. It's been so cold and miserable, that it was a surprise to get such nice weather. Olivia went over to Antonio's house to play while I took Sofia to soccer practice and stayed during the practice. The team is a lot of fun to watch and the girls ended up playing a scrimmage game, after their warm-up drills. It's going to be a great season!

After practice, we returned to the house and made dinner. The girls gobbled up the cut up vegetables while CK and I made our Valentine's dinner. Originally, I'd decided to make pots de creme for dessert, but CK said that he decided to bring dessert home from Dallas. He arrived home from his meetings with Valentine's cupcakes and I'd bought white and dark chocolate-dipped strawberries. Olivia had seen them at the grocery store and begged to get them, so the next time I was there I bought some.

We ate our delicious Valentine's meal by candle light and then enjoyed our dessert! Everything was so good and the cupcakes and chocolate strawberries were a huge hit! The girls were eager to get their Valentine's gifts, "like last year" as Olivia asked before dinner. She was very eager to know whether they would be getting more Valentine's gifts. Days before Valentine's day, Olivia had seen a unicorn stuffed animal at the grocery store that she was desperate to have. I told her she'd have to wait and see. Of course, she was ecstatic when she saw the unicorn was in the gift bag and immediately named her cupcake. Meanwhile, Sofia had a little stuffed squirrel in her bag and she loved it too! They also had chocolates, gummy bears and little art crafts in their bags. They loved it all. I gave CK swedish fish and chocolates and he gave me a box of chocolates.

The girls also got a box of goodies from Sian that included candy and a stuffed animal for each of them - an elephant for Olivia and a dinosaur for Sofia. Of course, they both were so excited and love their new stuffed animals. It was a lovely and relaxing Valentine's day!

The girls and their Valentine's boxes! Eager for a fun day ahead!