V-Day

I don't know why but Valentine's Day this year just felt hectic. A lot of it had to do with school-related festivities, like making Valentine boxes, trips to the store for Valentine cards and candy, addressing all the cards, planning and volunteering for class parties. All this along with trying to maintain our family traditions made the run-up to Valentine's Day just plain busy!

MAKING COOKIES
(Yes, Paige is wearing a swimsuit in the middle of winter, earlier she was pretending it was a leotard so she could dance to Beyonce's All the Single Ladies.)

By the time, the weekend rolled around, Ashley was sick (poor girl couldn't move off the couch for two days) and Dave was working but we did celebrate with this

and this

and these


And the grand finale wasn't even food. We read the "Love Notes" we had been writing each for the past two weeks--there were lots of laughs, sweet thoughts, and tender moments. After it was all over, when I went upstairs to lay my tired head on my pillow, I was greeted by this note, taped to the wall by my 6 year old daughter: