Valentine's Day Fun

Valentine's this day was a bit of a frenzy for me, starting with a few days before when I found out that  both of the boys had been assigned to make their valentine boxes at home... and we had quite a few valentines to address and put together. They were very excited, and luckily didn't have any crazy ambitions about what the boxes had to look like. They turned out festive and fun.

 (Yes, he has his dad's eye closing issue... big smile, but eyes shut.)

When the actual day came around, I had plenty to accomplish, starting with running club early in the morning, and followed by a lot of grocery shopping that I had put off all week. I also thought I should try and squeeze in a run, so I loaded Wyatt and Finn in the double jogging stroller to run over to Target for the second store stop. It is about 1.5 miles each way and not too hilly, but wow! those two have gotten heavy. And then I added some groceries to the stroller and it was a serious workout. After all those stops I made it home around noon to get them lunch and Finn put down for a nap. I managed to shower and start baking cookies just as the older boys came home from school (early out day). They had a super great time, and a couple of friends came home with them, and they all went through their valentines.

Just as I started to get the pizza dough together to let it rise, I discovered that I had no yeast left in the house. So I loaded up all of the boys and headed to the store for the 3rd time to get yeast. Caleb finally made it home in time to start making pizzas and we soon discovered that we had no pizza sauce. It is safe to say that I was a bit stressed and worn out by this time in the day, as I headed to the store for the 4th time in a day. We finally got some heart shaped pizza and valentines on the table and enjoyed a great dinner.

 Our boys loved their lego key chains and treats for valentine's day.

Finn got a new puppy, and he was so excited. It was very cute to watch him keep hugging it and saying "hug, hug."

By the end of the night, I was a bit more relaxed after an exhausting day. I have realized that Valentine's Day seemed to take almost as much work as Halloween. It is definitely a fun and crazy time for school aged kids. I did at least get to pose for a photo with Caleb, and tho we aren't into giving Valentine's gift, we had to buy ourselves a new dryer that day because ours broke at the beginning of the week. Hoorah!