Valentine's Dinner

This is the one night of the year that I pull out the china, silver and crystal. What a difference a plate makes!

I was walking around the house trying to think of a vase for the roses. I remembered our Blenko water carafe. We got this a few summers ago in West Virginia. I love the way it looks with the flowers.

I decided we needed a sparkling wine to go with the meal. We enjoy the Prosecco wines on special occasions. As I was looking over the bottles, this one jumped out at me. It is from Italy. It is a Moscato di'Asti. I love the shape of the bottle too.

The wine had a nice fruity flavor. It has a little less alcohol in it and went down smoothly. It is an easy one to drink. All in all, it ended up being a little bit sweet for my tastes. I tend to keep migrating back to the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignons.
Pumpkin created the butter heart. Isn't is lovely?

Here is the meal. I have to say the mini crab cake on the salad and the string cut beets were not well received. I was trying to "spice" it up a bit. The rest of the food was pretty yummy.

The best part was the little ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. I did not order it ahead of time and had to take what I could get. It was chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream (not one my favorites) with chocolate cake. The cake itself was fabulous. I wonder what recipe they use. You can see Peanut's Valentine bag in the background. His class decorated these using them to collect their Valentine's in.

Hidden under each chair was a little Valentine. All the boys got books and I got a new pillow. I tried it out last night and the verdict is still out on whether or not it is a keeper. It has a unique odor that dissipates over time. It needs to go away quickly. I was impressed with the gift - thinking out of the box. My hubby makes the bed every morning and must have realized how bad my pillows were.