Although I have several friend's who call it "Single Awareness Day" and are part of the V-Day Haters Club, I have to admit that I LOVE IT! I'm sure someday my boys will be totally embarrassed by their mother's obsession with showing her love by making all things red, pink or hearts, but right now I love it and so do they - which makes for a very happy, love-filled Valentines indeed. I kind of liked that it was on a Sunday this year, it was very relaxing and helped us focus on the whole family instead of just Russ and I.
So here's what goes on around here for el dia de amor:
Lots of treats. These were mostly for neighbors and friends, but the boys got their fill too. We also made these cute little fudgies to go with them. And since I made way too much frosting, they were eating frosted graham cracker sandwiches for several days. Nothing like a good sugar overdose to make a fun weekend. :)
The obligatory school Valentines. Since I highly prefer homemade Valentine's to the store-bought ones, Corbin (with ALOT of Mom's help) did these. Although we did find some cool search & find / secret code valentine's that he had to give with them. I guess that's allowable.
(too bad I forgot to take a picture when the whole tray was full, they looked pretty cool.)
And lots of food. On Valentine's morning, Russ and I had balloons and edible cards for the boys (they had animals with gummy eyes and lips the said "I only have eyes[or lips] for you"). They loved it. We also had heart-shaped pumpkin pancakes, their favorite, but since we were running off to church, we had to shove them in a baggie and eat them on the way. :)
Dinner was everything hearts. The heart-shaped breadsticks turned out to be almost as big as the plate since they were homemade this year instead of out of the can. But my meat-loaf turned out much prettier than last year and my kids devoured it! Who would've guessed that would be their favorite part. Not pictured are the heart-shaped jello jigglers, which I forgot, so we ate them the next night. They were still good and a hit as always.
And in case you're wondering, I did celebrate Lover's Day with my husband. On Saturday, our babysitter came at 3pm and we didn't get home until 10pm. Yes, for us, that is a super date. We went bowling, to dinner AND to a movie. It was GREAT!
So now I want to know, what do you do for Valentine's Day? (And what do you do for date night? We need some new ideas . . .)
6 comments:
i can't give you any tips on v-day or dates - you seem to have v-day in your pocket. :) i LOVE everything you did. seriously. those valentines are great - jonas has a little party next week and i just might have to copy it. where did you get the instructions? or did you just make it up?
great stuff, thanks for sharing!
Emily - The planes are from familyfun.com. :) I added the link into the post. We had to use more than one piece of gum because it kept bending. Also, the lifesavers that come in the roll have smaller holes and were harder to get the rubber band through, but the mint ones that come indivually wrapped in a bag worked great. Good luck! They were super fun and all the kids loved it!
Loved catching up on your family. The boy's aprons are great, did you make them?
Cute plane treats. Of course I can't get any of that stuff here but I loved seeing them!
No, I didn't make the aprons, I wish I were that crafty. Those were part of the 12 days of Christmas that Megan did for them. They loved them!
So this year I had hopes and dreams of doing heart shaped sandwiches for lunch also by cutting them with a cookie cutter. I was going to do some other things, but I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was. So it all went to pot. But on a date idea...Chad and I both love to dance, I'm not sure if you do or not. So we were thinking of going and taking ballroom dance lessons so we can bust a move together. There's a place in Orem that teaches almost every Friday night. We haven't gone yet, but we really want to. Movies are always our first choice though!
My kids feel pretty jipped these days - a mom is nursing school does not even remember Valentine's Day until the night before...which pretty much means you get a hug and a kiss.
We did manage to throw together homemade valentines for school with leftover halloween candy. Yes - Halloween...that crazy day that was month's ago. I threw away what was left of the treats after using 30 suckers for Lexi's valentines.
Maybe they'll get lucky next year when all I'm doing is job hunting. :)
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