Happy Valentine’s Day!

(Yeah, I know, it was yesterday, but here is what we did.) 
Grandparents took Madison and Ellie for the day yesterday.  What wild and crazy things did I do?  Well, for starters, I went to Aldi’s, then I went to Wal-mart.  Yep, sure did go crazy.  When I got home, I started making my red velvet heart shaped cake for Jeremy.  It is a bit intense as far as cakes go – and it uses an incredible amount of red food coloring!  I had the steaks marinating and pricked the potatoes before settling down to watch Nashville which I had DVRed.  (On a side note, I always thought that DVRs were ridiculous, but then we got one when we got HDtv stations.  I think I am a bit addicted.  I can watch a show that starts at 10pm now – previously, I wouldn’t stay up.  Also, I have catalogued an inordinate amount of Hallmark movies with that thing.  And the bonus is that I can watch most of those when I am lifting weights in the morning, which is at least a little motivation for getting up.  Nuff said.)  My friend, Sandy, stopped over to drop off Valentine’s Day cards for the girls – super thoughtful of her at every holiday.  Then, she just stayed and chatted for awhile because the girls weren’t home yet. 
When Madison got here, I had her help decorate the cake, which she was super stoked about. 

   

Then, she put on a fancy red dress for our special meal.  (My intention was to get dressed up too, but I was just hoping the steaks would cook, and the potatoes would finish on time!)  She endured the meal to get to the super special cake surprise for daddy which she had let slip at least a few times in the last few days.  It was cute to watch her when she did it try to cover it up.  She carried the cake in and was so proud.  (Forgive the look of her hair.  She had pigtails in and decided enough was enough.)  Ellie enjoyed eating the cake.

    

Then, it was like Christmas all over.  I am not sure what type of tradition I am hoping to start, but I did have a little present (read: under $5) for each of them. 

Jeremy had already given me my present this morning before he left for work – no, it’s not that.  He had left a dozen red roses and chocolate on the table along with a card with his own words added inside!  It was very special. 
 
And that was our Valentine’s Day.  One last picture from today, but too cute to not put on a Valentine’s Day blog….