Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Our day of love started the weekend before when Eric told me to dress nice and be ready at 5:30p. At 5:30 the doorbell rang and there was the man of my dreams (without any kids!) with a bouquet of roses, just for me. Our first stop was Pignetti's, a nice Italian restaurant. We always laugh at the poor waiter who has to be nice to us regardless of how much our 15% tip is. He just doesn't make as much on no appetizer, an empty bread basket, a split entree, and - since it was a special occasion - a split dessert. I'm sure he would have preferred to serve the cardiothorasic surgeon a few tables away! After dinner, we went to the Cultural Arts Center to watch "Fireworks," a chamber orchestra group from New York. It was fantastic. They're not your ordinary chamber group and their instruments consisted of a violin, cello, electric bass, electric and acoustic guitars, saxiphone, oboe, flute, drums, and keyboard - regular and electric. "Dance Mix" was the title of their performance and they played dance songs from all over the world, ranging from the waltz, to the Tango, to disco. They also included pieces from several musical eras. I loved it. Thanks for the AWESOME night, Eric!

We started Valentine's morning with strawberry and whip cream crepes and strawberry milkshakes. Yum! We then headed to Isaac's last basketball game. He did great and had fun. After the game, we went to Mazzio's for his post season party. We got there a little after 11:00, but apparently we missed some vital communication because the party didn't start until 12:30. Good times in the car! We did take them to the pet store for a minute, but didn't want to miss the team, so we didn't stay long.

Ashlyn has a special knack for sneaking candy. She waits until we're distracted and then she works fast. We had hardly turned our heads before she busted into Isaac's V-day bag from a team mate and had a sucker in her mouth while she worked on the wrapper of another candy. If I carried my camera around all day, you'd see several of these guilty, but pleased pictures of Ashlyn. I don't know where she finds it all. I chose not to take a picture of the tears when the sucker was taken away!

Here is Isaac with his coaches and beloved trophy. We think that the trophy is the main reason he plays. I wonder what will happen when he gets older and they only award trophies to the winning team?

After the party, Nana called and invited us to Lexington to make pizzas. I grabbed some pajamas and as soon as Ashlyn woke up from her nap we headed over.

Ashlyn has stepped up to fill the position of "Nana's helper." I'm not sure who had a better time - Ashlyn or Nana. Carter still helps a lot, but we have lost Isaac to the Wii.

I think Ashlyn wanted to make sure that nobody ate her pizza but her!

Carter didn't want his cut, but preferred to take it down how it was.

There's Isaac!

The pizza was delicious and it was a perfect ending to a nearly perfect day.