February 14: I think Valentine's Day might be my favorite holiday (while maybe right after Christmas!) I love celebrating this day as a special family day. I love making special food and surprising my kids and husband with small gifts that represent how much I like them! It's an ordinary day--school & work, but I love making it as special as possible for the family I love so dearly...
We started this year with a special V-Day breakfast (harder to do on a school day!)--we had red velvet pancakes with pink glaze, sausage (an absolute favorite at our house!), cheesy eggs with sprinkles, and strawberry smoothies. I got to experience a first this year--helping with Sadie's school party--I love crazy Kindergarten parties (I'm a bit partial).
Marc usually does flowers but I honestly didn't expect them--that made the surprise even better! After Sadie's party I had to drive to my friend Michelle's to pick up Kinnick and Macey. When we got home around 4:30, Marc was still at work but there were 2 vases of gorgeous flowers waiting (and he was actually able to put them on a clean counter!) The daisies had a card saying "Sadie & Macey" and the roses had a card with my name... I love my awesome husband!
I'm sure that going out for dinner on Valentine's Day is overrated--especially when you have 3 little ones! Instead, we have the tradition of a fancy dinner... in our house! This year we had fettuccine Alfredo, garlic bread, Cesar salad, green beans, and sparkling juice. Marc bought these fancy valentine glasses (from the $ store) a few years back.
The kids enjoyed some snuggle time with Daddy after diner so I could get ready for their next surprise...
Two years ago (when Macey turned 1) I made a Valentine scavenger hunt for the kids. About a month before Valentine's Day Sadie asked me if I remembered doing that and asked if we could do it again. I loved buying little treats for the kids in the weeks leading up to Valentine's and stashing them away.
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| 1st Surprise--Valentine Harmonicas |
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| 2nd Treat--Giant Licorice |
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| 3rd Gift--Valentine Snack Cakes (Marc informed that I should have got Cosmic Brownies!) |
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| Next Stop--Coloring Packs |
The last 4 stops of our scavenger hunt had a wrapped gift for each kid (and Marc). After the kids found Macey's, then Kinnicks, I knew Sadie would be expecting hers so I hid Marc's 3rd. Her reaction was pretty funny. She was excited or a final clue to find her gift too!
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| Macey got an Olivia Movie |
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| Kinnick got a Card Game |
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| Sadie got an American Girl Doll Book |
1 comment:
Wow! I have no idea what we did for V-day... of course Josh was out of town... and that always seems to be the week we get the flu!
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