Valentine's Day

A few Days before Valentine's Day this year I was talking to Jace about sweethearts. I told him that Casey was my first sweetheart and then Jace Camden and Alek are my next three. Jace seemed a little disappointed that he wasn't first. So to make this Valentine's Day special I decided to get something for my little sweeties.

We also made Valentine Cookies and took them around to neighbors. This was always one of my favorite traditions when I was little and I wanted my kids to have this memory too. I did most of the baking and frosting, but they had fun delivering them.

On Thursday and Friday the kids had their school parties.
Camden came home from preschool with a bag full of treats and cards, and Jace got to make a valentine box for school.
He wanted to make a Spongebob box and he gave out Star Wars Valentines. I was amused with both of those choices since he's never seen a star wars movie and we never watch Spongebob cartoons here. But I guess he's watched it a little at friends' houses.

And of course Alek likes Valentine's day too. Here he is enjoying a mouthful of conversation hearts.
The best part is, Our Valentine's celebrations here are still going strong. Casey and I are going out tonight for a Valentine's date night. I am so excited! I always love spending time with my first Sweetheart.

A Day For Love

I absolutely love Valentine's Day, and this year, my day was perfect. We actually started celebrating a day early by going out to dinner on Friday night. I had to work right on Valentine's Day so Casey and I had a date the night before. Just the two of us went out to dinner and we really had a great time. It's so nice to be able to have an uninterrupted conversation once in a while. And our food was fantastic, I love crab legs.

Then on the morning of Valentine's Day, before I went to work, I made heart-shaped pancakes for the kids and let Casey sleep in. Once Casey was up we gave the kids a little Valentine's present and then we all indulged in some chocolate dipped strawberries, one of my Valentine's favorites. Casey and I also exchanged Valentine cards, we don't really do gifts for each other on Valentine's day. After that, it was time for me to go to work. The working part of the day wasn't the greatest, but since we took care of the date part a day early I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything. My Valentine's day had everything I needed to make it just perfect. I love it when that happens.