Valentine's Day - ahhh…..I love this "holiday"

Pretty sure if I went back and read old Valentine's Day posts, I probably say this every time, but I love (no pun intended) Valentines Day. I don't know why. I just do. I love to show love to my loved ones.  I post love notes on both of the kids bedroom doors for the 14 days of February until V-Day!  I tell them what I love about them.  They look forward to reading them each morning.  Hard for me to take them down each year.  I hope they always know how much I love them and why.  Why?  Because they are perfect and they are mine.

So I start thinking about Valentines Day right after the new year, as I don't do store bought when it comes to Valentines, so the planner that I am….I begin planning.

This year, Beau wanted a new Valentine box for school so we found this on Pinterest and put our own spin on it. I think it turned out great. He loved it and was so appreciative so it was totally worth it. 

And here were the Valentines he passed out to his friends. 

Sis used the same box as last year (thank goodness), but she decided she needs a new one for next year in the 1st grade. I won't go into the long dissertation she gave me about why 1st graders need new boxes, but rest assured, she had one. Here are her Valentines she passed out to classmates.  "Valentine, you are a Super Star" and she gave out star shaped sunglasses with them.

And here she is with last year's box but this year's Valentine outfit. The box surprisingly held up well from last year, and I actually found it in the closet! Score!

Here is her classmates singing a Valentine's song.  

And then my husband and I had a date night Friday night. Much needed grown up dinner out, followed by a little shopping, and then ice cream. Great night.  He gave me a new wallet, and three bouquets of flowers  - all in sports drink bottles because he couldn't find the vases -  which I really think we are only down to one anyway. I thought it was a great idea, and I just loved the flowers.  He had got up Friday morning early to buy them at Wal-Mart and he brought home donuts for me and the kids for breakfast.  What a good man.

So all in all, it was a great Valentine's Day.  

And two last little input's on Miss B's birthday.  Now that the sun is shining again and the snow has melted, MeMa and PaPa came up to celebrate B's birthday with her.  They brought her a pretty wreath for her bedroom door, which she can bedazzle up with her gems, and PaPa built her a real doghouse for her pretend puppies. This picture doesn't do it justice.  It is amazing. So perfect. My Dad has such great skills.  He has built my kids some of the most beautiful pieces that will be in their lives forever.  This evening since the boys are at baseball practice, she has been in her own world playing with her puppies and their new doghouse.  What an imagination.

Also, two other things I forgot to mention in her birthday post.  I did want to make note that this girl LOVES her some ketchup, ranch, and cheese balls - and yes, consumed altogether. She mixes the ranch and ketchup together and dips the cheese balls in them.  So minus the colossal bottle of ketchup, we did score these finds at Sam's Club this weekend.  That made for one happy girl.

 


Secondly, her taste in music has grown up recently. She loves POP music.  She likes Roar by Katy Perry, Timber by Pitbull and Kesha, and her real favorite is Monster by Rihanna and Eminem. Now, those of you that know these songs know that they are not the most appropriate pieces for a 6 year old, as here is what she belts out in the car (by belts I mean, yells) to the beat of course….

"I'm friends with the monster under my bed,
Get along with the voices inside of my head,
You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath,
And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy."

She knows the chorus by heart. I'm not proud, but I am proud. ha ha
This child, well, this child is awesome.

Happy Heart Day every day!