February week 2 is really a make it or break it week for me. Amy and my anniversary is on the 8th. Amy's Birthday is on the 12th and Valentine's day is on the 14th. So if I mess up, it is a real mess. Last year Amy and I had a romantic weekend to Portland planned - and then we got the flu (all 4 of us) for about a month and we spent Amy's birthday on the couch watching American Idol waiting for the sweet release of death. So this year we tried to do it up a bit better.
The day started with breakfast in bed:
Toasted bagel with whipped cream cheese and cherry preserves. Hard-boiled egg. And strawberry white chocolate muffin. No, I didn't make any of it, except the egg. Jonah thought the idea of breakfast in bed was the coolest thing ever and has requested buttered toast on his birthday. Done and done.In the afternoon, Amy and I went to downtown Portland, which we never do, for some shopping and lunch. Lovely. And then home for gifts. This year we wanted to boys to pick out presents for Amy themselves. So a week ago I took them to Target and tried to guide the selection process. Noel chose a plate.
And Jonah immediately knew he wanted to get lipstick. He chose a tube in "Target Red" (classy!) and this necklace. He was pleased that Amy liked it. Though seriously - the boy's got good taste.
That evening we went to dinner as a family, which always involves lots of under the breath yelling, and repeated attempts to get our kids not to kick the booth of the people sitting next too us, and paying for food that our kids won't eat, because they would rather subsist on crackers and air. So we did all that and then came home for cake. Jonah helped me in the decorating process. He insisted that Amy, being a girl, would want a pink cake with princesses on it. I told him I wasn't going to pipe any princesses so we compromised on purple flowers, another thing he insisted all girls liked.
Anyone know how to get really vibrant colored frosting? I even used my food color gels that I got for Christmas, but the pink and purple cake was really more rose-ish and slightly-mauve. What am I doing wrong, oh ye cake bakers who read herein?All in all, the day was a success (*huge sigh of relief*) I am pretty lucky to have such an amazing woman choose to spend her life with me and, evidently, enjoy it! Amy made me promise that I would not write a tribute to her, so I will just say that she has been the means by which all of the greatest blessing of my life have come to me. I love you, sweetie.
