We had such a good and sweet Valentine’s weekend 🥰 Started with Black Forest overnight oats, Dempsey’s class party and dinner at home, then gifts, flowers and date night on Saturday. And a pretty laid back Sunday at home. I’m ready to show you!

I have a lot of pictures from Friday, but it didn’t feel as busy as it looks! The overnight oats were a big hit with both kids and it made me so happy 😍 I picked up Valentine’s balloons after I dropped Dempsey off as school, then worked and watched Scott Pilgrim. I’m sorry, but I find it so funny 😂 Joey and I met Demps at school for his class party and LOL at me telling him to say goodbye to everyone at the end and he walked up to all the parents instead of the kids in his class. Back at home, I made red chile chicken tacos for dinner and then the kids helped me make ice cream to bring to their grandma’s the next night.

After we got the kids to bed, we watched the primetime coverage of the Olympics. Joey told me he’d seen a major spoiler on ESPN so I kind of knew something was coming but I did not know it would be that painful to watch. I have PTSD from that look of pure anguish on Ilia Malinin’s face at the end of his free skate. Just absolutely brutal. I did love seeing the three skaters who medaled celebrate though 🥹

His plan to catch Santa 😂

Happy Valentine’s Day! We got the kids up and headed downstairs, where we gave them their balloons and a few gifts. I live for all of Lydia’s excited reactions and Dempsey has been playing “Dance Monkey” over and over on his Yoto since opening his Kidz Bop card 🥹😂 Joey took both kids to Lydia’s swim lesson and there were still tears but she did better than last week. I got to stay home and watch Jordan Stolz in the 500m then work out. Once they were back, a bath for Lydia and Dempsey had me try on the shirt he made me at school. He’s so impressive! My mom dropped by with Valentine’s gifts for the kids, including journals with a lock and key and headbands that they both ended up wearing 😂 After lunch, we all headed outside and spent a good chunk of time out there, it was so nice!

Around 4:30, we loaded up the kids and their overnight duffel bag and headed to Grandma Lori’s. After we dropped them off, we made our way to Fish n Beer for dinner. We hadn’t been there in so long but it remains a great place for dinner and vibes. I won’t post a picture of the oysters or whole fish we ate since I know both my mother and mother-in-law will read this but please look above for Dempsey’s recreation of the fish’s eyes 😂😂 After dinner, we headed to the Alamo. We couldn’t find anything else to see, so “Wuthering Heights” it was! It’s not a very good adaptation of the novel, which deals so much with class and race and is just a lot more complex (and miserable), but as just a movie, it wasn’t so bad. I did roll my eyes at a few parts because I just wish Emerald Fennell was a bit more subtle and both Joey and I agreed the whole thing was a bit too long, but I didn’t hate it.

I slept in on Sunday while Joey ran and then grabbed us both coffee down the street. Ate breakfast on the couch in front of the TV like our old kid-less selves 😂 Headed to pick the kids up just before 10 and it sounded like they had a fun night and the ice cream was a hit! Dashed home and jumped right in my own car to head out to my manicure. Meanwhile, Joey and the kids picked up paint samples for the kids’ room. Once I was home and we’d all eaten lunch, I took our crabby little girl up for a nap. She finally gave in and fell asleep 6 books in 😮‍💨 Post nap, we tried out our paint, but we’re thinking Dempsey’s blue in a bit too purple. Sold on one of Lydia’s pink colors though! I made salads then let Joey take over dinner duty. He made us some really good turkey burgers. Also, highly recommend letting your kids mix some spices into ketchup to inject some fun into a normal dinner at home.

After they went to bed, we watched the men’s dual moguls from earlier in the day and why was that the wildest and funniest thing I’ve seen at the Olympics (aside from the men’s cross country sprint final)?? Anyway, wishing you all a bright and happy Monday!

I’m just now realizing much has happened since I last wrote! We took a trip to the ER after Dempsey tripped and hit his head on the frame of our bed, we vacationed in Cabo, we watched the Olympic Opening Ceremony and the first few days of the games and we topped it all off with Benito Bowl! More on that later, but why is football just so so so boring??

I won’t get into Dempsey’s injury or our vacation too much (but I did post about both on Instagram, if you’re interested), but he’s all glued back together and healing well and we had a really great time hanging out with Grandpa Steve and Lorna in Cabo. Their house is beautiful, the weather was perfect and the kids had a blast in the hot tube and pool!

Back at home, we had a pretty normal Friday and ended it with the Opening Ceremony and rib dinner. I’ve decided ribs are too good to only eat on the 4th of July 😉 We let the kids stay up a little bit later to watch the beginning of the ceremony and they proceeded to yell and play and just make so much noise the entire time 😅 I loved all the dancing and so did Lydia because she put on her ballet shoes and danced along and Dempsey laughed SO hard at the big head composers 😂 After they went to bed, we finished the broadcast in peace. Let the games begin!

The kids slept in on Saturday, so I made waffle batter and then, once they were up, we all ate breakfast and hung out until Lydia’s swim lesson. They switched her to a new coach (by far my least favorite thing about the place we go is the constant switching of coaches) and… it did not go well. Took me ten minutes to get her into the pool and then she spent the remaining ten minutes of her lesson crying for me. Pray for us next week! Afterward, my mom, sis and I went to the orchid showcase at the Botanic Gardens. It was a really nice time and all the orchids were so beautiful 😍 We had lunch after and prices for a sandwich aside, I loved that too! Back at home, I made us some ragu in the Instant Pot and we got the kids to bed early before watching some Olympic coverage. Speaking of Olympics, I finished The Favorites, about a pair of Olympic ice dancers, that night and wow did I love that book! It’s ever-so-slightly overdramatic but I kind of liked that about it. If you, like me, loved I, Tonya, then this one’s for you!

I have hardly any pictures but probably too many words for Sunday. The kids slept in again so that Joey and I were both able to work out before they woke up and then we had breakfast and just hung out at home (LOL at Dempsey drawing Krumm from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters after I had showed him a picture the night before) . I got salads assembled and Dempsey helped me make Chex Mix for the Super Bowl party later. We headed over shortly after 3 PM and the kids went straight to playing 😀 The game felt so long and so boring to me but I really really enjoyed Bad Bunny’s halftime show! On a purely performance level, the production was amazing. And what a beautiful tribute to Puerto Rican and Latin culture. I, too, would have Lady Gaga join me for my halftime show and though I didn’t expect it, the salsa version of “Die with a Smile” was great. Truly though, I’m such a sucker for a big dance number, so this show was just so fun to watch. We got home so late — the kids were wiped and weepy and Dempsey had a stomachache, which was such a shock following his refusal to eat any real food at the party and making a dinner out of cookies, M&Ms, rice crispy treats and Sprite 😒 Finally got them to bed shortly after 10 PM then went straight to bed ourselves.

I hope you all had a nice weekend and are ready to bribe your 5 year old into signing 14 Valentine’s cards this week. Or is that just me? 😅