Valentines Day is the best part of February, and we had a great time celebrating here and there throughout the first half of the month. We spent one night writing Valentines to each person in our family, resulting in a cute garland reminder of our love for each other.
The hearts say sweet things like, "Emma loves Leah because she reads me stories" and "Adam loves Emma because she loves me!" and "Leah loves Mommy because she snuggles with me" and "Daddy loves Adam because he's a great wrestler".
One night Jason and I had a "romantic" late night date, where we stuffed ourselves with delicious appetizers and sampled 5 different kids of lemonade at Applebee's... kind of a silly date, considering it's what we did for 5 days straight in Iowa last weekend, but it was so nice just to be together. This was before Jason's thesis defense and there was still a lot of pressure hanging around our house. It was great checking out of it for a few hours.
We had our traditional "romantic family dinner" the night before Valentine's Day, since Jason and I left the next morning for our house hunting trip. Emma Grace was equally mesmerized by the candles that night...
... and the chocolate-for-breakfast the next morning.
I'm not sure why I make candy for breakfast a holiday treat, but it has pretty much secured my position as "World's Best Mom"... at least to my kids... once or twice a year.
I also love the Valentine's morning tradition of giving books, and Leah was thrilled to receive her first journal this year. She has been diligently updating it with notes, drawings and doodles ever since. I'll have to ask her if she would mind me reading it. I have kept a journal faithfully my whole life, so I know how precious a private place to record the thoughts and feelings of our heart can be.
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