A Day of Love

As I write in my details (2/15), the Little Man is taking a nap in his bed. He's had a rough 18 hours or so. A little after going to bed on Valentine's night, he got sick in his bed. He had vomit all over himself and his bed. So after getting everything changed, washed and back to sleep. I hit the hay myself predicting a rough night. Fortunately, it wasn't that bad--it could have been worse. He's doing better now (Sun PM) and I think we're on the downhill side of it. Hopefully we won't have to change tomorrow's schedule. Anyway, that's why the pictures were here last night with no details or captions.

Our Valentine's Day was pretty fun, even though it was a work "day" for Shawn we still made the most of it. This year, I tried to make it more of a day instead of just exchanging cards/gifts at one point in the day. I tried to incorporate love and especially hearts into the entire day.
In the morning, the kids woke up to the table all decorated for Valentine's Day with their valentine cards from grandparents and aunts and uncles. Plus they had each had a book from us to open.

reading their valentines

Two of my valentines.

When Shawn came home (during breakfast) he brought some balloons for the kids and some flowers for me. Plus a flower for the Little Miss. She loves it and smells it often.

I also wanted to keep a heart theme in our food today. So for breakfast the kids had cinnamon sugar heart toast with their cereal. I didn't quite get my picture in time. Apparently the zookeepers don't feed the animals fast enough in this joint.

For lunch it was grilled cheese hearts with grapes.

And for dinner it was a heart shaped pizza.

Since I enjoy cooking, it was fun to show love to my family with our regular meals.

Just before dinner we sent the kids on a photo scavenger hunt to find a box with some other treats from us and other relatives. The Little Miss had a blast and has since told everyone she's come in contact with about it. At the end of it she said, "That was the best treasure hunt ever!" Of course, we should probably mention that it's the only treasure hunt we've done for her. :)

Finding the photo clues about where to go next

Discovering the treasure box at the end of the hunt.

We hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day and that none of you had a Valentine's Night like the Little Man and I did. Lots of love from our family to yours.