My husband and 2 year old are sick. It's just a cold. Fever, runny nose, etc. Lucy is getting better and Jon is in the middle of it. A hard freeze is coming in tonight and the roads are expected to ice, so our mid-week study was "cancelled." So here were are in the house on this cold winter's night and I decided that I wanted some coffee. Not just regular coffee, Starbucks coffee. Well, that's not possible is it? I thought that my sicko husband would enjoy a cup of peppermint mocha. So I went online and found a copycat recipe. I was excited. I went and made a simple syrup with peppermint extract, some extra strong coffee and heated and foamed (by hand) milk. I was on a roll. I was thinking about how great it was going to taste and how I was going to put the recipe on my blog. Well, it was awful. I followed the recipe exactly. I know I did! There was way too much cocoa and not enough sugar I guess. I tried to fix it several times. It just wasn't working for me. So I poured it down the drain and started over. This time I put a packet of hot chocolate in the cup of regular coffee and added some of the peppermint syrup. It wasn't bad! All it needed was some whipped cream and a candy cane. Next time, I will know better....and it won't take me 30 minutes....
We are preparing for a Valentines day progressive dinner! There will be three courses total and I am serving the appetizers. I am planning to make bruscetta, spinach artichoke dip, and mozzarella sticks (for the kids). I think I'm going to have a pomegranate punch and maybe some tea as well. I don't have much by way of Valentines decor, and I don't have much time for making things. I started a paper heart chain, so to speak. It's very simple and cute. I'm thinking of making more and hanging them all from my dining table light fixture. Maybe that's what I'll work on tonight instead of folding clothes! It's way more fun.
Lucy saw the hearts I was cutting out today and asked me about Valentine's Day. I'm not really sure how she knows about it. I asked her what she thought it was and she told me it's for cards. She's right. She told me she wants to make a heart for her friends and "put sparkles on it like Minnie Mouse." Right now Lucy is playing with her paper hearts in the floor and talking about valentines. Jon just turned to me and said, "Have you ever known a kid that gets into holiday's more?" I laughed because she really does. Since she's been old enough to know what's going on she loves every holiday equally! She's so sweet and smart. I am proud of her, just like she is of me (she told me so and the supper table tonight).
That about does it for me right now. I'm going to try and sneak my baby boo into her bed and hopefully she'll stay asleep. Then on to paper heart cutting!
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