Valentine's Day was a really fun day!! Busy, but fun! We woke up to Nate's amazing heart ham and egg sandwiches. So yummy! Then Nate took the kids to school with their Valentine's boxes in tow. I was so pleased with how this normally overwhelming project, went this year.
Tuesday night, Bradley got a head start on his Valentine's box. He knew exactly what he wanted to make and I was happy he was planning ahead and not waiting til the last minute. I helped him a little, but this is what we came up with. SO CUTE!!! He loves bunnies! Wish I'd gotten a picture of the cute puff ball tail we'd made. He also took care of writing out his Paper Airplane valentines all on his own.
Kelly also had hers planned out way ahead of time and had it finished Tuesday. She had googled it and found a fun "Iopd" box idea. She did such a cute job on it!! Very creative! I love this girl's initiative, I did nothing to help. Same with her cute little Valentine's, I'm not even sure when she did them all, she just did it on her own.
Luke made his Kitty bag at school, so I didn't have to do that. My favorite part about getting ready for Valentine's day was watching Luke write out his Valentine's. He had the list of the kids, and his Kitten/ Puppy Valentine's there in front of him. He would pick up a valentine, stare at it for a few minutes, thoughtfully deciding which kid that Valentine would be perfect for. Then, even though it is certainly not his favorite thing, he wrote out each person's name! Along with From Luke. It was THE sweetest thing!! He is such a thoughtful little guy. I loved being part of that with him. I think this was his first time doing that! Last year I think he wrote a few and then had me write the rest. And we just wrote his name. :)
Charity has had her hands full with so many other projects lately. She was somewhat unmotivated, and frankly out of time to make a Valentine's box. She had asked me to write out her Valentine's which I said I would, but then she ended up taking them to bed with her and doing them herself. Kelly, having seen how disappointed Charity was about not being able to make one, decided to make one for her! She googled another picture of something she thought would be good, and then stayed up late to finish it! It was really cute! She had put so much thought and love into it too. I'm not sure why I don't have a picture... I'll have to do that. She surprised Charity with it and Charity was pleased. I love it when they think of each other on their own and find ways to serve one another.
So once Nate left with the kids, to school, I texted him a shopping list so that I could keep him out of the house long enough to make his present :). I'm a last minute kind of girl. I had bought a bunch of Nate's favorite snacks and made them into a bouquet. It was a lot of fun. When Nate got home, he found it and seemed to like it :)
As I was getting ready and showering, Nate whipped out a beautiful bouquet and gift back for me! Erika helped me "find" it :). I was surprised with a sweet gift, a beautiful necklace with a heart and blue diamonds. I LOVE it!! Nate's always so thoughtful! I love that about him.
After gift giving, and reviewing our schedule, I decided with the evening's happenings, it would be better to go out on our date (my turn to plan) during the day, for lunch than wait for dinner. Plus this way we avoid the rush. So I frantically found us a sitter- THANKS AGAIN, A MILLION TIMES OVER, SARAH!!- we quickly picked up Noah at his friend's house (he'd been there all of a half hour), dropped he and Erika off at the Hatch's and we were able to go on our date. We went down to Draper to The Good Wood BBQ Co. for some yummy BBQ. It was a nice time. We hurried back to make it to Bradley's class in time for his party. Nate dropped me off at the school and picked up Noah and Erika.
The party was a big hit! I was happy with how our food station went. We made little kiss mice and had donuts and pink "Sweetheart Floats"- that's what we decided to call them while we were dishing them up. I think Bradley liked it and that's all that matters to me. He held Jack the majority of the party, until Jack got fussy. He sure is proud of his little brother. It was adorable.
He got to play a couple games, and make these cute "Love Goggles" at his party.
School was out, everyone had had a good time celebrating with their classes. Lukey was especially enthusiastic about it and when he got home, I found him going through his Valentine's. He was so caught up in them! It was so sweet!! He knew that each kid had made that Valentine especially for him and he was taking them all very personally, it was adorable!! He read each one. I loved it!
I kind of wish I'd gone all out a little for the kids this year, I didn't really do anything for them, but I've found it to be overwhelming when I try to do too much. This was a relax and take it easy year :). We did get some heart pizzas from Papa Murphy's to top the day off :). That was fun. There was just a happy feel to the evening. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed the day.
I love Valentine's Day!!
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