Valentine's Day 2016

For the last 2 weeks, we have been getting ready for Valentine's Day, or "Love Day" as Gwennie calls it. We have had fun doing some countdown activities to get ready for the big day. I miss having all my kids home all day long. We used to have time to do lots of fun activities leading up to a holiday. Now, we just get them in when we can. It still works, but I miss the good old days. 

Adam, Tessa, and Gwen loved waking up every morning and finding some special mail in their mailboxes. Their doors are full of love notes from their Mommy and Daddy. 

We made a kiss countdown. Nothing says love like chocolate!

 We had fun making these colorful hearts to decorate our doors and windows. They were all so colorfully creative!

 Aunt Dee visited us one afternoon and brought with her all the fixings for Valentine's Day houses. The kids had a silly afternoon and they consumed a ridiculous amount of candy. They were in heaven though!

 Their silly masterpieces. Adam built a campsite, Tessa had dinosaurs and snakes everywhere, and Gwen was adamant that she made a baby house. 

 Tessa and Gwen made beautiful beaded hearts to hang in our window. 

 We heard that our Reno cousins were coming to visit us and the kids spent a whole afternoon making special Valentine robots to give them. 

 Of course, we made delicious treats during the week. 

 Adam and Tessa had fun preparing Valentine's for their classmates. 

Mommy got up extra early on Valentine's Day (which was Sunday) and prepared our favorite heart cinnamon rolls for a special breakfast before church. 

 They were excited to wake up and find some special Valentine mail waiting for them from Ma and Pa!

 We had a lovely day at church. Caleb is doing so much better in nursery. We took some quick pictures with all of our Valentine's before everyone changed. 

 Showing off their cards from Ma and Pa. 

We had a few activities that we didn't get to during the week, so we saved them for Sunday.  

 We did a science experiment with different liquids and candy hearts.

 We played Heart Lava. Caleb loved dancing with his siblings. 

 Tessa doing "the worm".

 Happy playing. I love it!

 We did a candy heart relay race. 

 After one trip, Gwen decided to be efficient and took her whole bowl with her and dumped it into the other bowl. 

 We all had a good laugh over that one. 

We had a nice dinner together and we watched our wedding video and had dessert before bedtime. The kids couldn't believe how little all their Uncles looked. They also had to comment on how much Mommy and Daddy kept kissing, and they were pretty sure Mommy and Daddy were playing Pooh Sticks when we had our pictures taken on a bridge. Cause I guess that's the only reason to go to a bridge. Their reactions were pretty cute. I am thankful that our marriage and family is so full of love. Every day is Valentine's Day at our house!