Our family mealRather than visit a restaurant on one of the busiest "eating out" days of the year, we prefer a home-cooked meal with family. Some of the fondest memories I have are of the annual Valentine's meals held at the Hamilton home. My mom would go all out and make a fabulous meal... Amy and I would be given special gifts including a rose from my dad. We would even make cards for our parents. Valentine's was more of a family celebration, which was super-cool to me when I was little. So in spirit of tradition and in hopes that Lilly and Claire have fond memories of Valentine's also, we set out to repeat the Hamilton tradition.
Thanks for the lips, Nana!
Ready for a yummy meal.
This year, thanks to a fabulous issue of "The Best of America's Test Kitchen" magazine that Rob picked up at the store, our Valentine's menu consisted of... Meatball lasagna (an obvious favorite in Italy), Roasted broccoli, Crescent rolls and Chocolate cream pie... all homemade and all delicious. A nice bottle of Chianti that Rob brought back from Italy in 07 was the drink of the evening (for the parents only, of course).
Homemade pie. Lilly said "good one, mamma!"
Since Claire has a double ear infection (Yes, fun, we know), she was in rare form... fussy. Big sister Lilly had a blast. After dinner, we opened cards and special gifts. The girls received the DVD Madagascar 2 and a toy doll house. Lilly has been mesmorized ever since. Enjoy the pictures of our memorable evening. And, thank you for all of the cute Valentines and gifts you sent the girls. Lilly had great fun opening each of them.
Claire likes to "Move-it, Move-it".
And the fascination begins... a toddler dollhouse.
Thanks for the lips, Nana!
Ready for a yummy meal.This year, thanks to a fabulous issue of "The Best of America's Test Kitchen" magazine that Rob picked up at the store, our Valentine's menu consisted of... Meatball lasagna (an obvious favorite in Italy), Roasted broccoli, Crescent rolls and Chocolate cream pie... all homemade and all delicious. A nice bottle of Chianti that Rob brought back from Italy in 07 was the drink of the evening (for the parents only, of course).
Homemade pie. Lilly said "good one, mamma!"Since Claire has a double ear infection (Yes, fun, we know), she was in rare form... fussy. Big sister Lilly had a blast. After dinner, we opened cards and special gifts. The girls received the DVD Madagascar 2 and a toy doll house. Lilly has been mesmorized ever since. Enjoy the pictures of our memorable evening. And, thank you for all of the cute Valentines and gifts you sent the girls. Lilly had great fun opening each of them.
Claire likes to "Move-it, Move-it".
And the fascination begins... a toddler dollhouse.
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I think of you each year when I make the homemade heart sugar cookies on Valentine's Day.....we did that a few years in high school together. Oh the memories!
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