First, it's important to restate that I usually don't do much for the 14th. It actually sneaks up on me, but it's no big deal if I don't get anything together.
I dove right in this year, and it was a lot of fun! And I realized that things like this actually meant a lot to my boys. Eli couldn't get over the decorations: "All these for me? For all of us?" he points to the red decorations happily and confused. Tender guy, maybe annual V-day decorations will have a good/warm lasting impression.
The day before we had a little get together during the day and the two boys decorated some cookies. With their very own frosting bags. It was heaven! Along with the 2 hours of none stop play in a beautiful home, with beautiful toys, and beautiful toddlers.
The morning of I woke up at 6:10 to get to work on these babies! Stacked heart-shaped French toast, stuffed with Nutella, strawberries, and homemade whipped cream. To die for. (Recipe Here) But we all love French toast, are big fans of strawberries, go nuts for whipped cream, and seem to enjoy Nutella. Plus I'm a big fan of nutmeg, mmm-k?
The boys woke up with Matt and I singing "Happy Valentines Day to you," and they came to the table with their VERY OWN Star Wars LEGO boxes. Pure joy, and has been for 3 days straight. So proud of Isaac being able to put his 170 piece creation together, following all the directions! (He's typically a "I make my own thing" guy.)
And Titus and Eli were just super excited about the Storm Trooper figures.
Isaac's lunch
- Heart brownie
- Heart carrots
- Heart pb&j
- Fruit snack (all natural + veggie)
- A cheese round
- A fun V-day note
Once Matt and Isaac were gone, me and the two littles cleaned house and started on dinner. Which took a bit of a detour when all went quiet.
"What's going on? Too silent." I think.
I start searching, and find these boys happily destroying my perfectly perfected made bed. With their naked bums. And with their LEGOs. Priceless.
The evening we enjoyed my first true attempt at making a homemade pizza. Success! Heart shaped strawberries, and a salad with heart shaped carrots served as sides. Also my first attempt to make red velvet cake, as individual heart shaped servings. With little tea lights for our "candle light dinner."
(After dinner I package up the rest of the heart red velvet cakes and delivered them to all our neighbors. Had to get them out of our home fast!)
In looking back (all two days ago) I'm glad I did all the over the top heart shaped-ness. My days are typically filled with do things for the family, in a boring pattern, and it was nice to actually focus on what I was doing--made it feel more like service from the heart, than service from a "I must." So I can see why people really get into Vday; but still, I can see why people don't.
I think I'm an in between-er...
... And tonight's dinner was pure left-overs. Shout for joy, my kitchen is clean!
1 comment:
It is so fun to make these holidays a big deal for kids- i learned a lot of tricks from Phillip's mom, and he also loved days like v-day because of it!
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