Balentimes

Miles was so sad when Christmas was over that I had to tell him we were taking down the Christmas decorations so that we could get ready for his birthday. When his birthday was finished, he was extremely bummed that we had to take down those few decorations, so I convinced him to let me take them down as long as we decorated for Valentine's day. I sense a pattern here...
I have about 2 Valentine's decorations, but we put them out and got feeling festive. Miles and Gwen are at really fun ages. They really got into making "balentimes" for our friends and family and made about a million of them. I loved cutting out heart after heart and letting them decorate as much as they wanted. I remember my mom helping me make Valentine's for school every year and it brought back good memories. I always had the best homemade Valentine's to hand out and the most awesome card holder!! I also remember my mom helping me host at least one cookie decorating party for Valentine's day when I was about 9. So it never seems quite like Valentine's day without decorating sugar cookies.
We invited our friends over from a monthly play group to come over and get on a sugar high, make creative messes, decorate sugar cookies. The cookies were upstaged, however, when the garbage man came and captivated all 6 kids.



Miles helped me decorate the rest later on in the day to deliver to friends. :)


Every Valentine's Day we have our family fancy dinner. Basically we just eat something out of the ordinary and light candles at the table. It's always a hit. But to up the "wow" factor this year, we did a little chocolate fondue! I offered fruit and pretzels, but all they wanted was to dip marshmallows, go figure!

Richie got me a pedicure and as tradition calls for, I cleaned his car and left a little present inside. I sure love this small, but significant holiday.