Valentine’s Day 2013

We don’t really do a whole lot for Valentine’s Day around here.  In fact, some years, Rhett and I haven’t even really acknowledged it at all.  We haven’t been very consistent.  Rhett actually kinda has a something against it.  You know, the whole made up “Hallmark holiday” thing.  I’m not super gung-ho about it, but I kinda like acknowledging it to some degree.  So a few days before V-Day this year, we talked about it and decided that we’d do a little something for the kids (candy, books, and/or a small toy) and between the two of us, we’d just do some small things like candy, flowers, and cards.  Definitely no special Valentine’s dinner date b/c who wants to fight the V-Day dinner crowd?  Honestly, just give me some chocolate and I am happy!!  (preferably Reese’s PB Hearts). 

Anyway, here are a few pics I took of our Valentine’s Day this year….

The week before, Caleb and I made some V-Day funfetti cupcakes.  I tried to use this as somewhat of a learning activity and that blew up.  I wanted him to count the cupcake liners as he put them in, but he gets so frustrated when we’re trying to teach him stuff or do anything educational.  I don’t know what it is!  So this actually ended in tears, but at least we got some cupcakes out of it!




I let him put his own sprinkles on.  He calls them “sparkles”  LOL




This doesn’t have anything to do with V-Day but since this was on V-Day, I thought I’d include it.  Caleb though Ruff Ruff needed to take a ride on the Roomba!




Caleb had school today and they had their Valentine’s party.  Apparently, the heart man on his bag wasn’t too happy about V-Day, LOL.




We had to look through all of the Valentine goodies as soon as we got home from school!












Then sister got up from her nap…








Then my little Valentine’s played cars.  Aubrey loves to do whatever Caleb’s doing and he plays cars on his shelf a lot so she does too.  She will even go in there and do this when he's not even in the room.




Rhett called and said he would be home later than expected and he hadn’t had time to go buy flowers.  I hadn’t gotten anything – no card, no candy, nothing – so I couldn’t really be upset about this, ha!  I told him I’d rather him come straight home than take the time to go to the store!  So that is what he did.  After he got home, we ate dinner and then gave the kids their treats.  Aubrey got two Valentine’s Day books (My Valentine for Jesus and The Story of Valentine’s Day) and Caleb got a Leap Frog Scribble & Write (we are working on letters).  I had already bought this for him, so just figured it’d be his V-Day gift instead of spending money on something else.




After that, we went on a little family date and got frozen yogurt!  To me, that is way better than flowers!




Rhett did end up buying us flowers on Saturday, though.  :-)  (mine on top, Aubrey’s on bottom)




And that, my friends, was our Valentine’s Day 2013.  I saw an idea on a blog for having a special family Valentine's dinner (at home) - eating on red or heart-shaped plates, having heart-shaped/themed food, exchanging valentines/gifts with each other, etc - and I thought that was a cute idea.  Maybe if I get my act together, we can start that tradition next year!