We had a great sisters day. Selena’s family was up in Portland so we met at Destiny’s house for a sister’s play date. They hopped around on the trampoline, played zombie tag, exchanged presents and shared girl gossip.
That evening we took Selena to Jasmine’s favorite restaurant Si Senor. Then they played tic-tac-toe while watching movies at our place.
Spring has come early to the Northwest. The birds are flying north, the trees are blooming, and the flowers are budding.
For our “spring” weekend, Jasmine played dress-up with wedding outfits, played rockband at our friends place and exercised merrily outside.
Valentines Day…flowers, chocolates, candlelight…oh yeah, we have a kid now.
Jasmine & I made valentines for her class. 20 paper hearts, glitter and a heart shaped Dove chocolate. They turned out rather nice.
As for Valentines day…Jeff and I cozied up on the couches to catch up on one of our favorite TV shows (Castle) while Jasmine played with her friends outside. We then ended the evening with a family dinner out a Burgerville. Who says romance is dead?
I took Jasmine to her first sushi experience. We got setup taking stools at the sushi bar, opening up our chopsticks and pouring some soy sauce. Jasmine was mesmerized by the conveyor belt of plated food parading before us. I also found it quite pleasant and relaxing.
I selected a cucumber-avocado roll for her and a California roll for myself. She took one bite and said “I don’t like this”. I broke it apart and invited her to eat each ingredient separately. She discovered she liked everything but the green stuff which I informed her was seaweed. That produced a big “Eww” from her. I said it was safe, try another bite, it takes getting use to. She is so adventurous that she actually did try it again, but with the same verdict of not liking it.
Jasmine was quickly distracted by a plate of beautiful red raspberries going by and asked to try them. I said yes, and she reached out and grabbed them with a happy grin. She really got into the fun of the pseudo hunter-gatherer mode of searching the conveyor for choice items. Her next selections were blueberries, a mix plate of strawberries and grapes, cream puffs, and before I could stop her she grabbed a giant slab of cheesecake. At that point I cut her off. And a question for anyone who is reading, why do they have cheesecake on a sushi bar? It just seems odd to me. The cake was fabulous by the way, it was so dense and rich that we couldn’t finish it.
Our total was 10 plates and we will be back.
Jasmine and I both enjoyed a play-date. Jasmine and Ella both go to the same day camp and now have ballet on Saturday’s together. So today, after ballet, we went over to Ella’s house to play. Ella and Jasmine played princess for awhile then settled down to watch a Barbie princess movie.
Meanwhile I got down to some serious crafting with Ella’s mom Beth and a friend of hers. We made paper baskets that Ella can fill with treats and give out to her classmates. We also made paper hearts that will have chocolate hearts attached and Jasmine can give out to her classroom.
We already have plans for a St Patrick’s Day themed play-date.
