Valentine's Weekend!

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Happy Valentine's Day!
Andy and I always have a Valentine date...but never ON Valentine's Day! Yesterday, we went out for the afternoon and had one of our wonderful sitters, Amy, stay with the kids. I had found this super cool idea to make hanging hearts out of paper and had printed off the instructions and left the supplies on the table. When we returned, we were met with many surprises:
1) beautiful heart garlands hanging in the kitchen and dining room
2) homemade Valentine's for Andy and I...on the above photo, at the very top right, you can see yellow and black coloring--Colin made Andy a "Hawkeye Valentine"!
3) a Valentine paper chain entwined on the stairway
4) heart garland hanging from the curtain rod in our bedroom
5) and...the biggest news of all...while we were gone, Amy got Colin to poop on the potty! We have been trying for 4 weeks....what a super day!

We ♥ Valentine's Day!

This weekend, we also decorated Valentine cookies with Amy--we had lots of sugar cookies, lots of frosting and lots of sprinkles! Amy took cookies home, we have cookies around our house and Jayna took 30 cookies into school to celebrate her 1/2 birthday!

Every year, we give the kids "something" for Valentine's Day and this year, the gift was new pjs. I tried so hard to find Valentine themed pj's for Colin...but didn't see ANY in his size. However, I do feel that the jack pot was hit--a monkey playing a guitar pjs? He loves them!
The girls got matching heart pj bottoms, and they quickly paired them up with other heart pj attire we own--it was one big heart fest last night!

And while I did not get Valentine themed pjs for Colin, I got the cutest shirt for him! What a perfect saying for a boy who's surrounded by princesses!!!

Since Jayna has an August birthday when school is not in session, she gets to celebrate her 1/2 birthday at school...and it is always around Valentine's Day, which she just loves. Today, she even got to say the opening prayer at school--it was a very fun day for her today! To hear the prayer, click HERE.
Tonight, Ellie will hopefully spend swimming practice with her best swimming bud and we'll all enjoy a very red meal--spaghetti, berry flavored juice, strawberries and salsa!
Love to you all....on Love Day!