We really didn’t have anything planned for Valentine’s Day this year. Brian is working like crazy so we went out to dinner last weekend. The boys both had stuff going on at school though (can you say mega amounts of candy?!) I actually made a quick little scavenger hunt around the house that yielded each of the boys a gumdrop treat thing, a chocolate covered marshmallow heart and a couple squishy pencil toppers (which are all the rage with my boys right now). Last minute, however, Brian called to say he was actually heading home for dinner. We rushed around, whipping up something besides the, “find whatever we can in the fridge” dinner I had previously planned. Logan did the decorations and dressed himself in a black shirt and shorts. He wanted me to make him, “look like those guys with the um…fancy suits” <—tuxedo. I cut a small hole in his shirt and stuck a plastic flower in it, then tied a brown sash around his neck like a bow tie. Aiden put himself in charge of drink orders and we got the table set, complete with candle light, right as daddy was coming in the door. Right before we ate, Aiden walked around and asked, “sir…what can I get you to drink? or mam…what can I get you to drink?” We all ordered waters and he literally climbed up on the counter tops to get our cups and fill them. After we ate, Maître d’ Logan said it was time for “mommy and daddy” to dance. Brian put a song on while Logan got a microphone. We did a couple slow dances in the living room while Logan pretended to serenade us. It was super cute the way the boys really got into the whole day. Oh…I forgot to mention that they made me some valentines on Sunday while I was at a movie with friends. Aiden hid his under my pillow and couldn’t wait for me to find it so we ran right up so he could show it to me.

lots of pictures:

While Aiden was fine with the pack of valentines I bought for him one day at the store, Logan was very insistent that he make his own. The problem was that neither of us had a good idea. We went to Michael’s and looked for inspiration. We tried a lot of stuff, then I spotted a bird stamp with a heart for the bird’s body…and it was only $1! I had blank cards at home, pink paper and red ink so I proposed the idea of the card below. Logan liked it so phew – problem solved! I cut out the circles and speech bubbles with my cricut. Logan stamped the birds, I wrote the words and then made the pieces into stickers for him:

Then I ran the cards through the printer

Card assembly:

These are the cards Aiden gave to his class: they each come with a window cling. 

 

He was very excited to have extras…

…He added them to some heart-shaped clouds that came with a Valentine’s train window-cling set that Meemaw gave the boys and made this cool design:

Here’s the stash of stuff I hid for the boys. I had 8 little cards that I used for the clues:

One the hunt (finding the squishies):

  The final clue – big time sugar!

They all decided to put their treats from school and the hunt all together and share them. Everything was spread out on the living room floor. This is an aerial view from the top of the stairs.

Sweet tooth here didn’t know what to eat first! I had to cut everyone off at one point. They are now earning the rest of the lollipops and other treats by doing things like actually going to bed without fussing :)