Leif and I were able to celebrate Valentines Day early this last Friday since the actual Love Day fell on a Tuesday.  We went out to dinner at DiStefano Winery where they hosted a 5 course dinner paired with wine.  Our friends Jon and Maria came with us and we had a wonderfully romantic evening.  🙂

On Tuesday we decided to take the kids out to Red Hook – one of our favorites – for hamburgers to celebrate.  Skyler, of course, had to wear her pink EVERYTHING, and even little Liam got dressed up (actually he didn’t….that was wishful thinking!  He wore sweatpants and his Volcom shirt – the only thing he currently likes).  It was a really fun dinner and I am so grateful for my family!

On a side note, I took Liam and Skyler down to Walgreens to pick out a toy that Liam had earned.  After he contemplated all the different toys for what seemed like forever, we finally reached the check out line.  As we were standing there, Liam spotted a huge stuffed animal that was set out for Valentines Day.  It was a brown and white dog with gigantic puppy dog eyes holding a heart that said “Love Me”.  Liam stopped dead in his tracks and asked, with almost as big of puppy dog eyes, why the puppy was sad.  I told him what the heart said and he immediately handed over his toy and said he wanted to take the doggy home and that he would love him so he wouldn’t be sad anymore.  He was so empathetic and sweet I thought he might start crying.  So, I caved, and regretfully decided that I would pay $15 for the silly thing.  I obviously did not think that one through because Skyler was standing right there watching this whole thing transpire.  We then had to go pick out a stuffed animal for her and for her, it was an easy choice: the most obnoxious pepto bismo pink dog she could find. $35 later and I am walking out of Walgreens thinking to myself: what just happened???