Valentine's Day 2013

We celebrated Valentine's Day BIG TIME this year! It was so filled with craftiness, treats, and love! Unfortunately, I have very few pictures to document it, but I will give you an idea of some of our fun. It started on February 1 when Grady got his first "love mission". It was a little slip of paper in a red envelope with a heart on the front. He continued to get one each day until V-Day. They included things like "play a game with your brother that he picks out" and "tell a friend something you like about them". He loved it and completed each one. On the actual day we started with homemade heart-shaped (healthy) pop tarts



The kids each had a little bag of treats, and I had a few cards from them. Camille loved her new bear! She carried it all day and still plays with it lots.



Grady and Anson each had school and brought cards for their friends. I was actually in charge of the party for Anson, which was fun. He was so excited to see me and enjoyed his treats so much. Grady had a class party (no parents) and then a Valentine's party for parents that afternoon. He showed me around his class, we ate some treats, and he gave me a beautiful heart pillow that HE SEWED HIMSELF! Yes, that's right. Got to love Montessori. My 6-year-old son can sew. For real. That evening we had a special treat after dinner - whoopie pies that Mama and Grady made from scratch. So yummy!

It was a wonderful day to share with my favorite little people and my one favorite big person.