Valentines Day!

We like to make a big deal about holidays around here, even the ones people say are just made up by the greeting card companies. ;) But you know what? Valentine's day is for showing people love and we're all about showing love around here! We also really love anticipating and counting down to things!

We had it marked on our school calendar since we switched it over to February and Reaghan has been looking forward to it all month.

We did fun heart shaped activities during our school time because Valentines Day is all about the hearts!

And while I love tracing and writing activities I'm all about the chance to learn while we play games and work on some gross motor skills and balance. 

The night before we made some heart shaped cookies and decorated them so we could take some to my brother Adam whose birthday is also on Valentines Day and so the girls could have a special treat for the day.

The morning of we woke up to a sweet surprise from my the girls Uncle Noah... He lives a few hours away but had a friend help him out by leaving some roses for his sisters, mom and nieces on their doorsteps.

For breakfast we made protein heart pancakes for breakfast... I tried to start the day off on a healthy note before we indulged in a few treats!

Since Valentines Day is Uncle Adam's birthday we dressed up in some fun heart outfits and headed over to spend some time with him.

We brought him some cookies and his favorite drink,

We went shopping at the mall with him, my mom, grandma, Aunt Nin Nin and baby Blake and then came home for an evening at home with daddy. Of course Mark brought home something special for his Valentines; daisies for the girls and roses for me. Along with a healthy, Trim Healthy Mama approved, chocolate treat and a new cup holder for my double Bob jogging stroller!

We didn't celebrate that night but went out together the night after for dinner at a new restaurant that we had never tried before. It had been a while since we'd had a date night so it was nice to get dressed up and go out together. {And by dressed up I mean that I dressed up and Mark wore his usual attire because he's not a 'get dressed up' kind of guy. ; )} The food was delicious and the conversation was easy and sweet, as its always been. I hope we never lose our ease of conversation and the way we can flow into and out of serious and silly topics.

This was our 10th Valentines Day together and it was a simple, sweet one that will always hold a special place in my heart.

Here's to many more decades of Valentines with you, My Love!