Happy Balentime’s Day!

we had a fun, sweet celebration of “balentimes day” . . . the boys’ exchanged valentines with the other kiddies in their class for the first time this  year, so there was lots of excitement and preparation for that . . .

Huds felt puny last Friday, so we took that as an opportunity to do some painting . . . we made quite a mess (paint was in William’s hair, on the chandelier, all over our clothes despite our smocks, and on tables and chairs and faces and hands) but we had a good time together.  I was reminded of why I don’t do crafts all of the time with my kids . . . but we loved working together, and I loved seeing them paint!

their teacher asked that they write their name on each Valentine.  It was a lot of work and they had some help, but they did a great job!

I love this one . . . William’s name is written backwords!

We wanted to give our littles a special treat to start their morning, and they were THRILLED to find that Daddy had left them these treasures . . . They took turns sitting in my lap as I read their notes to each of them.  It was such a sweet time.  They were so excited and so proud—It was a definite highlight for me of the day!

If you ask Anna what she did on Balentimes Day, she will tell you that she went with Jakey to The Pharmacy for a yummy breakfast of a big pancake! 

While that is true, there were some other special people there, too! (and Sugie, who was our photographer!)  We love having Granddaddy and GranSue close by!  What a special treat for us all! 

Anna and Jake crack me up in this picture!

 

And, we had an impromptu “fancy dinner” on Valentine’s night . . . complete with left over food and snacks from the day (goldfish, bagels, apple sauce) . . . when you add candles to the mix, it really doesn’t matter what you are eating or if you are wearing your pjs!  As soon as we lit the candles, Anna started belting out “Happy Birt-Day to YOU!” . . . so adorable!  This morning, Hudson looked at me and said:  “Mommy, we had a really fancy dinner last night.”  It was so sweet and such fun!

from Little Miss ‘Parkle Heart to you, a great big cheeeeeese and a squeeze . . . and feel free to join us for a fancy dinner anytime!