Valentines (way late)

Remember Valentine's Day? Well here is a way belated post of how we spent ours.

The girls woke up to a very hearty breakfast. You can't go wrong if you start your day with pink heart shaped pancakes, candy and a chocolate rose. They loved it.

Bob was actually off work for dinner so we were thrilled to all go eat together. We took it easy this year and didn't bust out the dance floor like last year. We ended the night at this cute little bakery in Georgetown with cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries. It was perfect.

The girls got to take Valentines to their school friends and I had so much fun making these. For Ella's, I did the same thing as last year. Since she is in a different school they weren't a repeat for any of the kids.

I took a picture of her wearing a pair of sunglasses and then designed the Valentine on my silhouette.

After printing them off, I made two slits on the side of her face for the glasses to go through. I think they turned out so cute. It was the first day in a while that the sun actually came out so it was perfect timing.

McKenna is always with me when I drop Ella off to school so she has a special bond with Ella's teacher as well. McKenna was so excited to deliver her favorite coffee drink.

McKenna is still with a lot of the same classmates so she couldn't repeat the sunglasses one again. I love how her valentines turned out this year though! I saw this idea on this blog last year. It was so perfect for McKenna. That girl loves apple juice and we rarely drink a juice box without one of these holders. 

I bought the juice box holders from hobby lobby. I started buying them a while ago so I could use my coupon for each one. It's rare that I plan that far ahead but it was great getting 40% off each one.
Hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!

Valentines of past

We love valentines over here.  

For some reason this is usually a holiday that I get on board with way in advance.  I think its the puns.  I know.  So lame.  But who doesn't love trying to make up a pun about a random dollar isle toy?  I know.  Me too.

So, as I try and make up a pun for the eraser rings that I just found at target, I thought I would put up some our past valentines ideas.

We only have eyes for you

( I love this one so much)

We had a Picture Perfect Valentine free printable with little mini cameras I got from oriental trading company.

and a few fast paced Valentine free printables made from erasers I got at target.

and "You make my heart Leap" Valentine free printables with more target dollar isle frogs.

We did a "You're the write one for me" free printable using pencils.

We had a goldfish printable that would be cute with goldfish crackers or swedish fish too.

The year before we did an "Im stuck on you" and "You make my heart spring!" valentine printables with sticky hands and slinkys I got, you guessed it, from the target dollar isle.


My favorite ones (and I am using them again this year and may update that printable) were the dinosaur ones-

and I did those with bouncy ball printables too.

You can get those here.
Al did the heartbreaker valentines from MADE and I always love those.  They are so so cute.

We have also done some 3D paper valentines, too.

And on the actual day, Allison and her crew had a daddy/daughter dance.
(This is seriously the sweetest thing ever.)


and love notes.

every year.

We made tins for each other and filled them with little notes about what we love about each other and then read them to each other at dinner.

We made a Valentine Wreath.

(I miss that old green door so much.  Sigh.)
And allison decorated with melted crayon hearts.

SO, I don't know exactly how Im going to do ours this year, but its so fun looking back and seeing what all we have done in the past.  And it makes it so easy to recycle those ideas again :)
Happy Valentining to all of you.  Hopefully you guys can use some of these! (or just use the ideas and make them even cuter.)

Valentine's Day recap

I wish I could do it all over again! It was one of those days that was so wonderful, I wish it wasn't over. The girls are at such a fun age and really get excited about stuff like this. It makes me giddy to have some sidekicks that also speak my love language. 

We started the morning off with some pink heart shaped pancakes,

then headed to school in our matching homemade heart shirts.

As the girls were at school, I turned our living room into a Valentines dance room! 

Since we just so happen to have our very own dance floor, (the one my awesome hubby built for McKenna's party) I thought a Valentine's Dance was a must. 

I printed off an invite and the girls were so excited to give it to Bob.

The love notes we did last year were a hit so we did it again this year. I made it more of a fill in the blank on one card this time.

How sweet is this picture of McKenna praying?! Her voice is even sweeter. She mumbles quiet little sayings and then in a very bold strong voice says AMEN! Melts my heart every time.

During dinner Bob and I read them all out loud. Ella's face is priceless. She loved hearing them.

After dinner we opened presents. Bob got the girls the "as seen on tv" light up heart pillows. They are a huge hit!

Then the dance party began!

Ella was so proud that she knew to put one hand on my shoulder and hold the other. She told me that Avery taught her how to dance.

Nice no show socks Bob:)

Girl on Fire is always a favorite with both girls and they sing it at the top of their lungs.

Ella and Bob danced to Sweet Thing by Van Morrison.

McKenna and Bob danced to Angel by Jack Johnson.

Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones is Bob and I's song. Ella took some pics of us as we danced to it.

We ended the night with the most delicious chocolate strawberry pie.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!