Yes, We Do Celebrate Valentine's Day.

I have just been slacking on the blogging here lately. Valentine's Day was actually a lot of fun this year. We didn't do anything real extravagant we just had a quiet day together as a family and that night Matt and I went out...alone. That morning I got up and made pink heart-shaped pancakes with a side of yummy bananas. (This picture came out blurry. I realized later that I had little fingerprints on my lens. It was Gabriel no doubt.)We were even lucky enough to have some very special quests join us for our breakfast full of love.The Yo Gabba Gabba cast! Seriously, Matt and I agree that buying them was the best $7.00 we have ever spent. Kaia LOVES them. They have to go to bed with her every night and they are often found eating with her too. And heaven forbid we lose one. She definitely notices and we always have to send out our Daddy/Mommy Search and Rescue Team to find the lost little friend. Anyway...back to the subject on hand here. A few weeks before Valentine's Day I was shopping at Target and found little metal mailboxes for $1.00. I picked three up and thought they would be really cute for the holiday and for the kids to play with after.I bought the wooden pieces from Micheals for $0.33 and the ribbon and stickers I already had. Then I just filled them with a little candy. The kids seem to like them. Kaia was so excited for all the candy. She literally tore the box of her conversation hearts open. I have proof:The boys were too busy trying to figure out the mailbox. I don't think that they realized that there was anything in it. That darn lid was just so facinating! LOLThen, later we showed them the candy. The conversation hearts were a hit for them too. Except they didn't eat them, they just ran around the house shaking the box. LOL Matt and I weren't complaining. Candy isn't good for them anyway. Here is a very satisfied little girl. She can't help it that she loves sugar and candy like her mama! Oh and the black mark under her nose is not a bruise. She was doing her make up with me that morning and she grabbed my black eye shadow. I caught her before it was all over her face. I guess I missed that spot when I was cleaning her up. Later that night our good friends, Brain and Stephanie, came over and watched the kids for us while we enjoyed an evening to ourselves. It was nothing fancy just dinner and a walk around the mall. Matt did surprise me with beautiful pink roses the day before. I love flowers! But we decided not to get any big gifts because the movie Twilight and Resident Evil 5 (a video game) is coming out in March. We figured those could be our gifts. Oh and Matt said he would watch Twilight with me, so I don't mind waiting. I hope everyone else had a great Valentine's Day full of candy, chocolate, and of course LOVE!