Valentines is for Lovers 2019

2019 Valentine’s Day was on for the books! We decided to have a pretty low-key Valentine’s Day since we were leaving on our cruise the day after Valentine’s. However, Kristin and Dan went and saw Wicked on Valentine’s and asked us to watch Skyee. We, of course, had to give Skylee a Valentine’s day to remember!

I picked Skylee up from her school around 4:30 and Eric met us immediately after. We drove downtown and ate dinner at the Little America coffee shop. This is one of our favorite restaurants downtown. It has delicious food and there is rarely a wait! Eric had the American Clubhouse sandwich, I had salmon, and Skylee wanted fish & chips. However, when our food arrived she was much more interested in my fish than hers. Fortunately, the portion sizes were quite large so I gave her a lot of my salmon. We both enjoyed it.

After dinner, we went to Tiffany’s to get Kristin a charm for baby Holly. When Kristin was pregnant with Skylee I got her an “S” charm from Tiffany’s that she wears often. We decided to take Skylee with us to get an “H” charm for Holly. Skylee stole the show at Tiffany’s. They had an adorable setup for Valentine’s day with red, pink, and white candies and heart cookies. Skylee enjoyed both the sweets and the cookies. Skylee told her mom it was a special day and wore a gold dress with a darling blue dress coat and curly hair. She looked so grown up. The lady helping us at Tiffany’s was so enamored by her. Skylee enjoyed telling her that the charm was for “her” baby and told her when the baby was coming – just before Skylee’s birthday! She then told the lady how old she was and showed off her dress, shoes, and coat. It was precious. The salesperson then offered her 4 different flavors of juice boxes on a silver platter. Skylee selected the grape juice. Taking Skylee to Tiffany’s was so much fun!

After Tiffany’s, we wandered over to the Disney store. Skylee had fallen asleep just before we arrived at Little America and was a little grumpy. To lift her spirits, we took her into the toy store at Little America where she fell in love with this random purse. Eric appeased her by telling her we wouldn’t get that purse, but we would go to another toy store and she could pick something out. He decided to teach Skylee a lesson about budgeting and told her she could get anything less than $10. There are limited options at the Disney store that fit this budget and Skylee couldn’t find anything she liked. After wandering the store for approximately 20 minutes I told Eric to give in and we let her get Lady Stitch (whose name is actually Angel. It’s a terrible name). I think it was Eric who actually learned a lesson about budgeting on this trip.

After the Disney store, we went home and made a 4 layer of chocolate & red velvet cake. Skylee enjoyed helping us make the red velvet cake. My parents came over to enjoy the cake with us. We didn’t wait for it to cool enough and I was also losing patience with the cake so it ended up being lopsided. We called it the Guggenheim cake because it kind of reminded us of the Guggenheim museum in NYC. Despite the lopsidedness, it still tasted delicious.

After the cake, we called it a night and tucked Skylee into bed! We love it when she comes and stays with us – she is so much fun!