Chocolate and more!

Valentines day is over.....thank goodness, and its on to the all important Presidents Day. Being a State employee means that today is a holiday for me. We spent the day dropping the CR-V off to have several hundred dollars worth of repairs done (I love unforeseen expenses), having a home warranty meeting, and then decorating the valentines day cookies that we made yesterday. Tiffany is getting ready to go to work and the girls and I are about ready to start a workout.

Tiffany received a package in the mail last week for Valentines Day from The Chocolate Season. As I mentioned before, it was not some huge gift but definitely more than I normally do. She received a new apron, sugar cookies, lemon bars, truffles, caramels, cheesecake brownies, and oreo mudballs. She was excited when she received it and texted me to tell me so. Unfortunately, I was in the middle of an inspection in Norfolk, NE. If you don't know what The Chocolate Season is.....you should check out their website. You can order goodies and have them shipped to you. Erika and Bradley Jensen recently moved from Omaha to Algona, Iowa and she opened a neat little shop there. They are the neatest couple. She is a talented chocolatier and he is a talented photographer. They are two of the nicest people you will ever meet. Tiffany and Bradley had photo classes together at Metro CC several years ago. You may remember a Cat-in-the-hat cake last year for Ava's birthday. Erika made that too. Tiffany and I stuffed our faces with all of the different sweets and every single thing tasted truly amazing.

Its freezing cold and windy today and I am really really done with winter. I think we are all going a little stir crazy being cooped up in the house all the time. The only time we can get Amari to sit still is during certain cartoons that hold her interest. Otherwise, if you turn your back she is getting into something. She has been doing really well with the potty training though. She pretty much can go in there and do it all by herself. We just have to help wash hands. Not so bad. She is very possessive with everything and when we try to teach her to share, it turns into a meltdown. Oh well, she is 2 years and 4 months old so that is to be expected. We just forget sometimes. Ava has been pretty good putting up with Amari but sometimes I sneak up on them and listen to their conversation. Usually Ava tries to distract her by telling her to go get a cookie or snack or something from daddy. Pretty smart because Amari instantly forgets what she originally wanted and then comes to me for a cookie.