I made a goal many years ago, that when I had my own family, that I wanted to celebrate ALL of the holidays with hem... even the small ones. Go all out and make them really special for our kids. It has been so fun over the last year or so to find ways to make holidays like Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween really fun for Minnette (and now Aurelle). Last year was my first attempt, and we had a successful St. Patrick's Day, and so this year I added to our tradition, and we decided to go all out for Valentine's Day!
The night before, Kyle and I decorated our apartment to make it a little more festive:
And blew up balloons for the girls. Balloons are always a big hit:
Kyle got me a set of cookie cutters for my Valentine's Day present (since I don't have ANY), which also ended up being a huge hit with the girls (Don't worry, I washed them before I used any of them!):
...And were immediately used for our festive heart-shaped french toast with strawberries and whipped cream breakfast!
We all wore varying shades of pink and red (which I didn't get a picture of) and Minnette even got a Valentine's Day hairdo:
In case you didn't know, it gets pretty frigid during the winters in Provo, but we were fortunate to have a beautiful 43 degree day with sunshine on Valentine's Day, so we took the girls to one of the ponds on campus to feed the ducks. (And no, you didn't read that wrong... I did, in fact, say that it was 43 degrees and beautiful... only after so many below freezing and cloudy days, could I truly appreciate the sun the way I do now!) 
There was a fair amount of this going on (Minnette chasing the ducks in circles):
Just see for yourself, it is hilarious (but please ignore my super-awesome laughing in the backround!):
Minnette has gotten quite a throwing arm:
And this is what Aurelle did the entire time we were there. You might say she was a little hesitant of the ducks, and would not leave that little bench!
We then went home and enjoyed a heart-shaped pizza and pink juice for lunch!
I had a special fancy dinner planned with Martinelli's and everything, but simply ran out of time to prepare it (we had it the next night for dinner, instead). But after dinner we had our neighbors, the Mitchells over for FHE. Kyle gave a lesson on love, and we decorated Valentine's cookies together! (And my new cookie cutters were put to use for the the second time in ONE DAY!)
Here are the Mitchell girls and Minnette and Aurelle eating the cookies they decorated:
And that night we gave the girls their Valentines from Mommy and Daddy, which they are (obviously) super excited about:
Happy Valentine's Day!
3 comments:
Awww, that's adorable! I love the idea of celebrating all of the holidays with your family. I think making a bash out of Valentine's Day is probably an especially good way to beat the blues, and all of your ideas for how to do it turned out so cute!
So cute! I totally want to do this with the small holidays for my family too. Love the idea of going all out for a smaller holiday and making it way more fun.
Plus, LOVE Minnette's hair!! How in the world did you do that?
I love it . . . wish I had thought to celebrate ALL the holidays, you make it soooo much fun. Good job girl.
Love to you, Kyle and the girls.
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