Valentine's Day Fun!

We had a great Valentine's Day this year! 

Earlier in the month, I made the kids special outfits to wear to their Valentine's parties.  Here they are, modeling their cute new looks!

 Katie Anne and I had fun making valentines for friends and teachers that we'd seen on Pinterest!

SJ had some cute valentines to hand out to his friends at school, too!

Katie Anne and I also made a wax heart project that we'd seen on Pinterest.  We used the hearts we made to decorate the windows in the breakfast room.

Opening special Valentine's treats from Mommy and Daddy!

 On Valentine's Day, the kids wore their cute outfits to school for their parties.

What a handsome boy!

 What a pretty girl!

Valentine's Date Night

Happy Valentine's Day!

Katie Anne and her daddy had a Valentine's date night together tonight.  Doc's jazz band - The Etowah Jazz Society - had a concert tonight downtown at the Grand Theater.  We all thought about going as a family, but SJ doesn't have the stamina to last through a concert that starts at 7:00 pm after a long day at daycare.  So, Daddy and KA represented the family at the concert.  First, they went out to dinner together - Katie Anne wanted Okinawa, but it was packed.  So, they headed over to Cici's Pizza for KA's favorite - mac 'n cheese pizza - and playing lots of games.  Then, it was off to Chic-fil-A for Valentine's Icedreams.  After that, they headed to the concert.  Daddy reports that Katie Anne's behavior was amazing at the concert... she listened quietly and watched the entire show from start to finish - 1.5 hours!  Katie Anne reports that she really likes jazz, loved the pizza, and thinks the little dog that Daddy brought her home as a special Valentine treat is super cute (she named it Spot) ... but the best part of the evening was the Icedream.  :)

I had a pretty cute Valentine's date, too!

 

SJ and I just relaxed at home - enjoyed a big bowl of bananas and rice cereal (well, he enjoyed it!), watched an Oprah together, cleaned up the house, and went to bed early!  It was a very happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Surprises

The kids actually got their Valentines early this year!  SJ is just so exhausted after his day at daycare that he's usually falling asleep around the time that Saunders gets home from work, so I knew there was no way he'd really be awake enough to enjoy his Valentine's treats on Monday night.  So, we let the kids open their goodies on Sunday afternoon!

 

 Waiting for her goodies!

 Opening her treats!

 Excitement!

 Katie Anne got two books that she'd really been wanting as well as a Tyrone (from The Backyardigans) stuffed animal - she told me that the Uniqua she got for Christmas needed a friend!

 SJ was excited about opening a gift for himself!

Look at that cheerful little Valentine!

 

SJ got a soft book, a teether toy, and one of those food nets things as his Valentine's treats!  He got the book confused with the teether and chewed instead of reading.  :)

My parents got Katie Anne and SJ a wonderful Valentine's surprise - a new Radio Flyer wagon!  It is awesome and will definitely come in handy for the beach, Kiddie Day Parade, and walking to the neighborhood playground!  Katie Anne loves riding in the wagon already!

Valentine's Cuties

Before Valentine's Day, I made pictures of the kids in their new Valentine's shirts from my friend Tara's business Collections by Tara Nicole.  The kids look so cute in their new shirts - they both are going to wear them to school for their Valentine's parties, too.  We used these pictures on their Valentine's cards this year, so some of you may have already seen these in your mailbox!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Last Sunday, before we headed out for the circus, we gave each other our Valentine's day treats.  Katie Anne was very excited about her bag of Valentines goodies!

 

  

  

  

  

Then, it was Daddy's turn to open his present.  We'd agreed to just get each other something small as a present this year, so KA and I picked out a giant Reese's heart for him.  Katie Anne decorated the bag and drew a picture for him, too.

 

Then, it was my turn to open my present.  It was very heavy!  

I didn't know what it was, but when I opened it, I was so surprised - it was a 5 lb gummy bear!

 

  

Happy Valentines Day!