Oh Yea, Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is not something we generally make a big deal out of, so I was caught a wee bit off guard when Oscar had planned a whole day's worth of activity and meals. He started off the morning with a very New York breakfast, biali's with cream cheese, onions, tomatoes, lox, and capers. It was excellent, and a long time since I'd last had it.

I came home from my dentist appt (my gift to Oscar, if you knew my dental anxiety, you'd know this is a big deal!) to find one of my favs, cheese fondue with bread and apples...oh so good! The girls and I were in heaven, who doesn't love melted cheese with bread and apples?!

For dinner we started with an eggplant parm appetizer. This was really yummy and really

easy (OK for me, the whole day was easy because I didn't cook anything). It was basically, roasted eggplant slices on top of a slice of baguette, topped with marinara and a slice of mozzarella. Super easy and super yum!

The main course was a grilled tuna steak, nicsoisse salad, with a red pepper and tahini dressing. It was so good, and the red pepper tahini dressing was amazing!

For me, Valentine's day is far more about being with the people you love and letting you know how you feel about them, focusing your attention on this, when ordinarily your attention may be focused some place else. The girls were appropriately lovey with each other on Valentine's Day. Showering each other and us with lots of hugs and kisses. Unfortunately we couldn't capture the adorableness of them hugging and kissing as it truly happened, because they just wouldn't angle right for the camera! This is the closest we got to catching it...