Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was pretty low-key for us this year. We started Sunday night by mixing up Valentine snack mix to take to our friends Monday at our play group. We made a big batch of puppy chow (with valentine sprinkles) and mixed it with cranberries, cherrios, valentine m&m's, and gummy hearts...

My kids spent the night at Ms. Pearl's the night before Valentine's Day... so Marc and I got to enjoy a date night early. We had Panda Express (at home) and painted our bathroom. I went to pick the kids up the next afternoon (after more painting).

We got to spend Valentine evening with our small group. We had tacos and a surprise baby shower for one of the couples in our group--it was the perfect night of fun and friends. I made this cake for the shower:

The top layer was chocolate with raspberry filling and the bottom was white with lemon cream filling. My first try at adding fillings... turned out very tasty!

So Bridget and Jared were told by their Dr. that they were having a girl... they finished their nursery (SO cute and girly) and found out at 32 weeks that it was actually a boy! (They are so on top of things--their nursery was converted in about two weeks and is now adorable for their little guy!) We are waiting to meet him any day now!

Because we barely got to see out kids on Valentine's Day, we had a special breakfast the next morning to celebrate V-Day and Macey's birthday. I made these heart shaped cinnamon rolls (thanks Pinterest!)...

with pink frosting and pink smoothies. I set the table with some fun surprises for all my Valentines!

Marc took the day off for Macey so we enjoyed a laid-back breakfast before beginning our day of fun.