Happy Valentines Day!

Lots of love on Valentines this year! The night before, John took just the girls out on a special Daddy date...a mexican restuarant with cheese dip and then yogurt...the girls couldn't have been happier! On Valentines Day, we started off the morning with a breakfast of the girls' favorites--monkey bread (made in heart shaped muffin tins), rice krispies and "pink" milk! The kids got new beach towels for the special day, so they got to enjoy their breakfast as a little picnic on the new towels! Ella enjoyed her Valentines party at school and had a blast going through all of her sweet cards from her friends when she got home. Audrey's was the week before so she brought hers back out to check hers out too! We ended the evening with a heart shaped pizza and some ice cream!

Daddy's Other Valentine

Audrey didn't get to have donuts with daddy, but she got a hug which she loved just the same.

Donuts with Daddy

Every year at Kid Care, they have "Donuts with Dad" around Valentines Day. The kids get daddy to take them to school that morning and they sit around and have donuts and show them some fun crafts they made for them. This year, Ella made a big tie that had a picture of her holding a sign that said "I love you", a valentine, and a placemat for John. The placemat had answers given by Ella from questions her teachers had asked her. According to Ella, John is 6 years old, when he is at work, he "works", his favorite food is pizza and she loves him because "he likes to play." I'd say she knows him pretty well.

Last year, Ella was sick and wasn't able to go to school that day with John. This year, she's been talking about Donuts with Dad since they came back from Christmas break! It is a special time for Daddy and Ella...I know they both had lots of fun.

Before heading off to school...

Our Heart Tree

Though I am definitely not Martha Stewart, I have felt the crafty bug hit in over the past several months. For February, I decided to make a Love Tree. Ella helped me make the bead heart ornaments and I sewed a few felt hearts and decorated them with some buttons. I caught Ella taking the candy hearts out of the vase and licking them, so I guess we can also count this as her treat jar!