Happy Valentines.
candlelight dinner with my sweet six.
I love Valentines and I always try to do something for the entire family.Once you are married, vday (I feel) is a celebration of love for the
kiddos just as much as your spouse!
And, it doesn't take much to pull it all off and
make the kids feel special.
Every year, we do a dinner and small gift for the kids.
They love it and I enjoy putting it all together.
As they get older, time is going by to fast.
Even more reason to put the effort in..
On Vday I knew I didn't have time to cook a full course candlelight meal...
(why is life so crazy?!)
but I couldn't stop traditions.
Those are what makes life so F U N. and the kids L O V E them.
Thus, I woke up at 6 a.m. and never stopped till almost midnight.
It was worth all the effort.
With Jake's soccer game at 5:00 (far away!) and
the twins basketball practices at 7, delivering valentines, cooking dinner for a friend,
taking all my valentines, hitting the mall, Target and the post office, school, bus stops, baking dinner, cleaning house and setting the Vday table... (and Ry working till 7!)
the day happened.
Valentines Day happened.
Yay.
I decorated the table for under $5 dollars!
candlelight..sets the fun mood!
menu: Baked Ziti, Artisan bread, french style green beans~
dessert: chocolate covered rice krispie treats and the twins (made):
caramel banana french vanilla bean ice cream.(a recipe from school cooking class!)
what a lovely evening.
I love spending time with my family.
my six.
just us.
priceless.
I put all these memories into my mind and never want to forget.
and as they get older I love love them so much.
blessed.
Happy Love Day 2011
and
p.s THANKS so much Grandma an Grandpa Stott!
We loved the surprise vday package in the mail!
You are the best!
Overall, our Vday was great!
I did burn half of Ashlyn's card to me with one of the candles (oops!)
and started a few rose petals on fire burning the table cloth!
but a great night, a moment with the kids....love it!
and p.s.s. I can't wait for this weekend:
Winter Park, CO getaway with the girls!
Leaving the hubbies and kids and heading up to the snow filled mountains
for some girl time!
shopping, lunches, hot chocolate by fire, skiing, and late night chats! yay
xo!
4 comments:
That sounds like such a fun night! I love that you put so much time inespecially to do it with kdsi too. We went to dinner and waited 2 hours. But we went shopping in between.
ps go color your hair, would be super cute!!
I really enjoy your blog, I just wanted you to know :) Your Valentines day celebration looked wonderful and special :)
You always do an awesome job every holiday to make it memorable for your whole family. Your traditions are so fun and I am inspired by them every holiday. Great job once again. Love the decorations and the yummy dinner.
You are my idol. I had every intention of doing something cute and sentimental with my fam but instead we ended up at Pei Wei's for dinner. There is always next year, right?
You are the cutest mom ever.
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