Valentine's Days

Valentine's Day was on a Sunday this year so the kids had Valentines exchanges at school on Friday with the guideline to bring them a couple days early in order to "quarantine" them. So there was a lot of Valentine-ing(?) going on for a few days.

Both Jr. Jr. and Lucky made boxes for their Valentines to go in and brought home quite the haul. Jr. Jr. also brought home a red tissue paper flower he made for me and Lucky brought home a coupon book for Jeremy and me.

Jr. made a pink paper heart in a vase at school (the school library sometimes has activities for the students to do) and brought that home.

 

Valentine morning I brought Jeremy breakfast in bed (eggs in a basket had heart-shaped holes). He had set out gifts for me on a table: Roses. 4 new kinds of Panda Express sauces to try out. A 7 movie pack of all the Tremors movies. Nothing says, "I love you," like giant underground monsters that violently devour people.

Between church classes, Jeremy sang a hymn in Hungarian. It was pleasant to listen to.

My nephew blessed his and my niece's baby and we were able to watch through Zoom.

 

After church and the baby blessing, Jeremy found a heart-shaped note from me in the van when he and I went on a nice drive (with Jet) to go look for birds. The highlight- driving along and there was a barn owl sitting on a fence post right next to the road. We turned around to see it again but unfortunately couldn't get pictures because the camera wouldn't cooperate, there was another car coming, and it flew off. But it was right there and we got a nice close look at it. Beautiful bird. But that was our way of having a little date on a Sunday in the middle of a pandemic.

Another way of having a little date on a Sunday in the middle of a pandemic? When we got home, Jr. Jr. greeted us outside and welcomed us to "The Telfords' Valentine's Diner." He brought us to the door where there was a heart-shaped note saying "we love you," then ushered us inside to a table for two with a candle and a centerpiece made from candy cookie flowers in a vase (and decorations around)

There was a heart-shaped menu written in French with what we would be having for dinner and Nichole serenaded us with the violin while Jr. brought us what we would be eating:

 

Pain: les biscuits

Boisson: le chocolat chava

L'entree: les pates quec boef et confiture

Dessert: le pomme tarte

Jr. was able to use his French vocabulary and Nichole was able to practice her calligraphy.

Later, Nichole and Jr. switched roles and Jr. played cello for us while Nichole brought us another course. Later, they both serenaded us.

We had heart-shaped biscuits, hot chocolate, and for the main course we had spaghetti and meatballs on one plate while Nichole played "Bella Notte" from Lady and the Tramp of course.

For dessert we had slices of apple pie. It was Jr.'s first time making apple pie and he did a good job. Yumm.

 

Those sweet kids. It was a very relaxing evening and it was nice to have that time with Jeremy. It was also nice of Jet to sleep through the whole thing.

I very much enjoyed these Valentine's Days this year. I appreciate the effort the kids put into that special romantic dinner for us and I appreciated the love that was felt around our home.

I love you, my family.