Growing up, Valentine's Day was always one of my favorite holidays. My mom would bring home a bouquet of helium balloons and a small gift for us. I love making the little holidays fun for my kids. I've carried on the tradition of the helium balloons and small gifts, too.
The night before Valentine's I was complaining that the house wasn't as clean as I would like because I had put a lot of time and effort into a project I was working on (my father-in-law's 75th birthday present) and had kind of neglected the housework. Well, the next morning I woke up to the sweet smell of PINE SOL! I looove the smell of Pine Sol. I got up and walked out in the kitchen. I couldn't believe my eyes. The piles of dishes were no longer on the counter and in the sink, the counters were spotless, and my feet were not sticking to the floor. ;) Randy had gotten up in the middle of the night to clean for me. Bless him! I couldn't have asked for a better gift. I was so exhausted and was not looking forward to cleaning up. While I was admiring, I noticed the bag of pancake mix on the counter along with some juice thawing. Hahaha. It didn't take me long to figure out that he had also planned on getting up early to make breakfast... but was too tired from cleaning to get up (welcome to my life). :) I thought it was so cute that I just HAD to make breakfast for him. I ended up making heart shaped waffles and the juice he had sitting out. I had the table set up all pretty, and had wrapped little presents in tissue paper for the kids and Randy to open. Macey got a new Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony), Collin got some Little People cars, and Randy got a Cabela's shooting game for the Wii. Wish I would have taken a picture.
During the day, I took the kids to the grocery store to pick out some balloons and to get some stuff to dip in chocolate. :) Macey and I had fun making a heart shaped cake, colored heart ice cubes, and decorating the table for when Daddy got home. Randy doesn't like making me cook on Valentine's Day, and I'm not going to lie, it's nice to have an excuse not to. So we decided he would bring Pei Wei (amazing Chinese food, it's my favorite!) home and we would eat by candle light. It was so fun. The kids LOVE Pei Wei too and were looking forward to it as much as I was. We were just waiting for the garage door to open! :) We ate dinner by candle light, and enjoyed our drinks with the colored ice cubes. Macey was so excited, she said "this is the best day ever!" Afterward we had the cake that Macey and I made and some ice cream. Usually after the kids are in bed, Randy and I will do a chocolate fondu by candle light, but we were so tuckered that we decided to do it the next day. I also burned a cd of all of our "songs" (so corny) from when we were dating and engaged. I made him dance with me. :)
Anyway, here are some pictures of our day!
Right before Randy got home, getting the table ready.
You can kind of see the ice cubes. They were the favorite.
Hi Randy.
Macey loved that I let her be in charge of the sprinkles. Usually I don't allow her that much power. ;)
Macey's outfit I made for her preschool Valentine's Day party. I had so much fun making it. I'm sad I didn't get a picture of Collin, though. He was wearing a "Heartbreaker" tee from Carter's.
And, of course, I can't do a holiday post without posting my decorations. ;)
Macey and I made a bunch of hearts to hang from the ceiling in her room. She LOVED it. She literally will go on her bed and stare at her ceiling. She was sad when I took them down today.
These are the crayon wax hearts from Martha Stewart's site. They're so pretty!
My buffet. I made the rosette ball from crepe paper and printed off the subway art for free. I *love* that tree! A total score from Tai Pan. I have been looking for a small one like that since last year (for cheap)!
Our heart tree.
