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My Purple Valentine. :)

For the past three years, Valentines Day saw me dating another man. And he looks like a carbon copy of my husband.

I'm talking about my son, of course! (Were you thinking about Lee Jun Ki? LOL.) And he was more than happy to fill in for his Daddy this year, because he gets to pick the place where we'll be dating. Of course, I was not surprised with the little man's restaurant of choice.

Because he wanted another Happy Meal toy, and some caramel sundae for dessert.

I was actually thinking along the line of fine dining restaurants, like Aristocrat or Max's. But my resolve is no match for the power of Pokemons and french fries.

Oh well, for as long as he's happy, then I'm good.
At least he got me a Valentine present - in collaboration with his Dad.

It's no Tous les Jours, but boy, was I surprised with how good Red Ribbon Ube Cakes are after all.

No wonder the older folks love 'em. They're light and fluffy, oozing with ube goodness, but not sickeningly sweet. Best of all, it comes in my favorite color. This is purple yam, after all. :)

Sharing this Vday post on 366, Mellow Yellow Monday, InstaFriday, Simple Things, Food Friday, Food Trip Friday, Yummy Sunday, Photo Story Friday, and Toy Stories. :) Labels: Happy Meal, InstaFriday, Instagram, Mc Donald's, mommy musings, my little man, purple, Red Ribbon, Tous Les Jours, ube cake, Valentines Day

29 replies: 1TootieFoodie said...

love his hair! i also love his choice of restaurant!

Fri Feb 17, 02:13:00 AM GMT+8 Jade Clark said...

What a cutie!! Looks like you had a fantastic Valentine's day with that "other man." Hahah!

Stopping by from the Mamato4Blessings Blog Hop! Blessings! I'm at http://heyitsjade.blogspot.com

Fri Feb 17, 09:33:00 AM GMT+8 
He is so cute!!

Young Coconut

Fri Feb 17, 09:37:00 AM GMT+8 
What a nice mommy and son Valentine date! I love that ube cake, and I'm sure the little boy went home happy with his new Happy Meal toy. Here's my FTF entry: http://www.delightmyappetite.com/2012/02/delicious-spam-musubi-from-mister-musubi/

Fri Feb 17, 10:02:00 AM GMT+8 
I bet you had a Valentine's Day blast with your'man'~sweet!^_^


Happy Food Trip Friday!

Fri Feb 17, 11:55:00 AM GMT+8 
The ube cake looks gorgeous! Mukhang masarap.
And yeah... your son is adorable :-)

Fri Feb 17, 01:27:00 PM GMT+8 
Oh yeah, RR's ube cake is so good! I wish they'll have it with macapuno too :)

Fri Feb 17, 02:18:00 PM GMT+8 
It was either Jollibee or McDonalds, right? :)

Oh that ube cake looks scrumptious! Looks like you really had a fun time with your date. Love his hair!

Fri Feb 17, 08:01:00 PM GMT+8 
One cute little man and one pretty mama! :) Hmmm.. the cake... I am drooling! Me want some! Yum! :) Visiting via BPC.


Sat Feb 18, 08:34:00 AM GMT+8 
Purple's my favorite color, too! I still haven't tried Red Ribbon's Ube Cake, but it looks appetizing!

Hopping here from Food Trip Friday, my entry is posted here:
Pan de Amerikana - Marikina

Happy weekends!

Sat Feb 18, 12:26:00 PM GMT+8 momgen said...

You two look great and the cake is yummy...Visiting from the challenge.


Sat Feb 18, 02:30:00 PM GMT+8 
that made you a "cougar"...jokeness. sooo love his hair, too, and that, smile...will melt hearts in more years to come:)

PS: i feel the same way, too when the kids get to choose which resto to eat. instead, i would dream that the cheeseburger and the fries i am eating were the gourmet foodies that passed by my smell:)


Sat Feb 18, 03:05:00 PM GMT+8 Bless said...

What a nice Mommy and baby time you have :-) He look so proud to be your date. What a cutie!


Sat Feb 18, 04:29:00 PM GMT+8 
Thanks for the wonderful comments, everyone! Returned the love on your blogs. :)

Sat Feb 18, 07:15:00 PM GMT+8 
what a cutie he is Sis, he sure looks like his Dad :-) am glad that both Mommy and son had a wonderful Valentines date :-) Visiting from #48 of BPC, hope that you can return the visit too.


Sat Feb 18, 09:10:00 PM GMT+8 ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com said...

What a perfect date and Valentine's Day! That cake is gorgeous. I have to say I don't miss going to McD's and the toys all over the house from the Happy Meals..both my girls are vegetarians now, I wonder if that had anything to do with it. :)

Sat Feb 18, 11:02:00 PM GMT+8 
but I do miss those caramel sundaes!

Sat Feb 18, 11:11:00 PM GMT+8 Bogie said...

cute boy! I have that McDo toy at home. :-)

Sun Feb 19, 01:57:00 AM GMT+8 
yummmmmmmmmmmmmm what a delicious ube treat :-) Visiting from Yummy Sunday Sis, hope that you can return the visit too.


Sun Feb 19, 10:51:00 PM GMT+8 Emzkie said...

the ube cake is so mouth watering! i miss red ribbon. wala dito sa aming bukid. =)

from #48 of BPC

Mon Feb 20, 12:52:00 AM GMT+8 ""rare*jonRez"" said...

Awwww! Purple Valentine that truly was! Nice, nice!

Sarap nung last photo. Drooling moi! :(

BPC 48 visit here!

Mon Feb 20, 12:16:00 PM GMT+8 
Looks like you had a fantastic Valentine's Day celebration. The purple yam looks delicious! Miss ko na yan hehe.


Mon Feb 20, 04:22:00 PM GMT+8 Shahz said...

Korean style hair eh! cute kid..

Tue Feb 21, 08:15:00 PM GMT+8 
awwww, handsome young man! :)
we love Red Ribbon's Ube Cake!!! my 3year old was hesitant at first (he said he didn't like the color, lol) but when he saw how much i was enjoying it, he decided to take a bite...and he loved it! :)

thanks so much for sharing over at Food Friday, Czjai :)

Wed Feb 22, 09:27:00 AM GMT+8 
It's a cool treat for the Valentines!
Love the Ube cake.

Visit for YS.


Wed Feb 22, 10:43:00 AM GMT+8 
my kids love to go to McDonalds because of the toys :-) Visiting late from Food Trip Friday, hope that you can return the visit too.


Wed Feb 22, 08:51:00 PM GMT+8 
what a yummy ube cake Sis, am drooling to the max :-) Visiting late this time from Food Friday, hope that you can return the visit too. 
Cute date :) And delicious food. Here for YS.


Wed Feb 22, 08:56:00 PM GMT+8 cHeErFuL said...

i used to date my son too before! and that quarter pounder so yummy...:) btw, ka-miss iyang ube cake ng RR, my mum loves it so madalas meron! at ang cute ng date mo. visiting super late from YS, hope to see you around. thanks and have a great week. :)

Tue Feb 28, 04:07:00 PM GMT+8