Love is in the Air & Red Velvets are on the Face

What a great, great Valentine's dinner we had!  We had a Weight Watchers friendly Lobster Risotto (with a little WW unfriendly wine) and some Cooking Light Red Velvet cupcakes.  Parker really, really loved the cupcakes.  Jared got some jammies and decadent treats from Trader Joe's, and I got some jammies and a beautiful necklace.

 Yum - our cupcakes.

 Parker loves cupcakes.

 The handsome/lovely couple.

 Love that smile!

The Superbowl is on a Diet

I really look forward to the Superbowl each year - it's like bringing a sports bar into your house.  Wings, nachos, dips and all that good jazz with favorite beers for one night.  This year -- not so much.  I am Weight Watchering (pretty successfully - 15 lbs down), and none of those foods are very WW friendly.  You may be thinking, "yeah, but you can make healthy versions of all of those foods."  And, you can.  But, they still consume bunches and bunches of points.  I ended up making the best of it.  We had burgers and oven fries.  I was even able to put cheese, avocado and bacon on it.  We also ended the night with the very WW friendly Bailey's brownies.   Parker and I had a super time dancing during the very bad half time performance by the Black Eyed Peas.  Everytime I hear "I gotta feeling" I tell Parker about how we used to jam to it in the car when he was in utero.  He kicked and kicked every time that song came on.  It was fun to dance to it with him tonight.

I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

Birthday Bowling Bash for Atticus

What a rough week for Atticus!  First of all, he was sick on his birthday, and his bowling party kept being rescheduled.  FINALLY, he was able to party with the best of them last night at Stars & Strikes.  What a great place!  We bowled on the upgraded side with couches, music and black lights.  It really was quite the party scene.  Parker was mesmerized by all the games and lights and, for the most part, felt a strong need to stand guard over the balls.  It made it much easier for Jared and I to keep up with him.

 Atticus's had a fun night.  He did a great job bowling with a little help from his mom and dad and was SO sad to leave despite the fact that we were on our way to get pizza!

 Just the boys - all of our boys had a blast, and nearly all of them were cranky and hungry by the end of our one game.  Everyone was delighted to head to Mellow Mushroom.

 It's hard to get a good group shot with this wild crew!

 Eli had a great night as well.  He wins the prize for easiest to keep up with on this night.  He had some great bowls and was more excited than Atticus about his new DS games.

Sweet Ollie - you had to keep an eye on this wild man.  If he wasn't in Mom or Dad's arms, he was busy roaming the ally.  At the very end of it all, he was exhausted and ready to do some eating.

 This boy was worn out by the fun of it all.  He loved standing guard over the balls and watching others bowl.  Occasionally, he ran off with Jared in hot pursuit.

Look at all of these serious bowlers.  You might be thinking, who won the game.  Well, if I had, I'd say me, but since I didn't, I'll just say that we all won.  :)

 Nikki was very excited after her 3rd strike in a row.  They call that a Turkey. (This hint may help you figure out who won the game)

 Nikki doing the turkey dance above, and Jared looking a bit disappointed below because he missed a turkey by 4 pins.