Happy Valentine's Day

We had an amazing day together as a family. It was seriously one of the best Valentine's we have ever spent together. The absolute best was 10 years ago today when my love proposed to me. He got on one knee and professed his love to me and asked me to be his wife, not today but someday :-)


The morning began with L running in and telling me to check under my pillow. She had made Valentine's for everyone and tucked them away for us to find this morning. Then she threw some other rolled up Valentine's at me. I got up and found her to give her hugs and hugs. We got the kids kites and temporary tattoos for their treats. Daddy Piper got up and we started a great breakfast. Bacon, eggs and pancakes. We did try to make the whole day fun. We made rice krispie treats together and L and I shaped them into hearts (another treat I made the day my love proposed 10 years ago). I decorated them fun with everyone's names. It's fun to do sweet things like this for the kids (and Daddy Piper). They all appreciate it so much! I had made cake pops for the family too from Bakerella's site. They were fun to make. Super simple but time consuming. The picture is courtesy of my phone. I still don't have a working camera. $300 to fix the camera just isn't in the budget right now. After making treats, Daddy Piper and S ran to get a part for his truck (yes something ELSE is broke around here). I made L a scrumptious lunch and J slept. L's lunch was a heart-shaped PB&J with carrots. Shortly after L's lunch was made, J woke up and he got a heart shaped sandwich too. I don't think he was too concerned with the shape but he was appreciative of no crust. When they got home, they brought up a rose plant!!! It's a gorgeous yellow rose with pink tips. I do appreciate fresh flowers but love having the plant even more :-) Then L & I ran to Target. We returned the purse I bought yesterday that had some damage on the bottom. And we had some prescriptions transferred to take advantage of their gift card deal. I had 4 prescriptions to transfer so that netted me $40!! I used that money to get L some much needed new clothes. She is growing like a weed and has needed new clothes. This gift card opportunity meant the clothing money didn't have to come from the budget. She got a ton of clothes too. A new nightgown, 2 shorts, 1 capri, 1 shirt, 1 dress and 1 new shirt for S (J has tons and tons of clothes from S) and it was only $2.41 out of pocket, thanks to the giftcards. God always provides, doesn't he?!

We got home from our fun Target trip then headed out to fly kites together. We had a blast!! We did this last year too. J was a teeny little guy. This year - he was a part of the fun. We got all 3 kites going pretty easily. J was so amused and delighted by the flying objects. He was more fun to watch then the kites were. L & S flew their own pretty easily. The wind was perfect for flying the small kites. There was also some people nearby flying their airplanes so we watched those for a bit too. I would show you pictures but I used an old fashioned, gotta be developed camera :-)

Tonight's dinner was crab, steak and rice. L LOVES her crab. We had 2 1/2 pounds of crab and I bet she ate half of it by herself. S doesn't like crab and J slept through the entire dinner.

We had an all around great day. I went in with no expectations and it exceeded my thoughts and more. It was a calm, peaceful holiday filled with love and laugh - life is GOOD!!!!!!

Now we sit here watching the Olympics and talking about our upcoming summer and the possibilities that lay ahead...


"I am going to sleep in my beautiful nightgown but not my brothers. They didn't get a nightgown because they aren't girls and they aren't beautiful" direct quote from L while I write about our day as she sits in bath. "And do you see what I am doing - rubbing my eyes since I skipped naps. I can't skip naps ever again. I am too tired to skip naps again Mama". Another L quote!