Valentine's Day

On Valentine's day I woke up early in the morning to use the restroom and found a surprise on the dining table. A coconut iced latte, a big chocolate covered strawberry, and a wrapped, heart shaped box. I already knew the box contained chocolate but on top of the box was a little silver heart shaped locket with engraved flower detail and inside a picture of Maximiliano. I started tearing up at this, I've been very sentimental lately and I wasn't expecting this surprise at all. 

We all hung out in bed for a while, being lazy. We finally decided to get ready and head out to grab some banh mi and spring rolls for Maxi and then to the park for a nice picnic. The weather was absolute bliss, We ate our food, hung out soaking in the sun, Damian and Maxi kicked around the soccer ball. Before leaving, Damian gave Maxi his surprise. He was the happiest with his new transformer dog and played with it for ever until he said he was ready to go home (so he could reunite servo with the rest of his transformers).

Later that night I cooked pasta and chicken for dinner and enjoyed it with some nice red wine. The day was as lovely as I could have imagined it.

XOXO

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Links

My  Valentine's wishlist. What can I say I'm a simple kind of girl.
Spun sugar candle / Ranunculus flowers/ Latte

Favorite internet Valentine's stuff:

- This would make an amazing Valentine's Dinner. Add some shrimp/ chicken and voila! 

- Dying over these shoes that are on super sale. Perfect for a Valentine's/ Galentine's date.

- This Valentine's day in a box is such a great idea. 

- A coffee lover valentine. Yes please.

- Some thing for the kids (I'm dying to make these for myself). Frosted animal sugar cookies.
- Dreamy way to spend Valentine's.

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Happy weekend! Our plans this weekend: Tonight: target run for essentials + last minute valentine treats. Redbox + snacks and mayyybe some wine! Saturday: Friends Valentine's dinner/playdate. Sunday: Hopefully a relaxed picnic?

XOXO

Valentine's Picnic

Valentine's day is this weekend and I want nothing more than to lay on the grass, eat banh mi (vietnamese sandwiches), strawberries and sweets. And of course spend it with my little bebe'.

I've been daydreaming about spring/ summer picnics lately, pinning away inspo. The weather has been crazy warm here in california and I kinda' really love it.

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no sew heart bunting diy from here.
heart shaped sugar cookies recipe from here.
blanket from here.

Valentine's

Hope everyone had a sweet Valentine's day. Whether single, in a relationship, married or whatever, Valentine's should be an excuse to spend extra time showing those special people in our lives how much they mean to us. BUT of course we should cherish and be grateful for them every day!

I planned a Valentine's picnic to celebrate friendship that was supposed to take place on Friday afternoon but unfortunately Maxi woke up with a bad cough + fever. I told everyone I wasn't going to make it but that the picnic was still happening and sent these cupcakes, strawberries and strawberry heart shaped mellows off to them. I took Maxi to the doctors and picked up some medicine for his swollen tonsils and fever, today he woke up as good as new. That kid is such a trooper!

On Valentine's day my mom was nice enough to watch Maxi for a while. Damian brought me some flowers and we then began our day by running some errands together as we had planned (very romantic). They were things that I had to do that I don't usually have time to do. After, we had a little coffee date at Starbucks because some major caffeine was needed, a sick baby means little to no sleep. We then headed to sunset cliffs because I had been wanting to go there for a very long time but since it's not very toddler friendly we hadn't gone. To our surprise this was a VERY popular spot for Valentine's. There were SO many people there and it totally made sense to us that what could be more romantic than watching the sunset together in front of this beautiful view! We actually weren't even there to watch the sunset but we got there just in time and it was absolute bliss and perfection. We hung around for a while and then were off. Damian had also promised me a target run without Maxi because them two never let me do my thing peacefully. As always this resulted in just getting Maxi things because well I just can't help myself and that kid is amazing + he needed a little cheering up. We did also happen to score on a set of sheets which were much needed, especially, after our sick little baby threw up over all our freshly washed bed covers. This all ended by grabbing some pizza to bring back home and share with our babe, which was the perfect ending to our day.

P.S. last year's Valentine's was probably the worst I've ever had.

XOXO, Lidia