Valentine's Day Festivities

We had a nice Valentine's Day around here. One day last week, our little moms group had a party for the kids. They read some stories, decorated cookies and passed out valentines to each other. It was messy but fun. Here's some pictures (many are courtesy of my friend Lindsay):

Reading some Valentine's Day stories (I love Natalie smiling at the camera)

Decorating

Another view of the table

Hard at work.

Natalie just mostly dumped out sprinkles and ate them plain. Yum!

Enjoying the fruits of her labors

Natalie has mastered the art of fake smiling, as is evident in the next two pictures:

This is an expression I've never really seen on Lizzie but I think it's cute.

Our actual Valentine's Day was pretty uneventful since we were babysitting our friends' cute little boy Carden for most of the day. He was easy and fun to have around. We did manage to make some yummy sugar cookies that day. Joe surprised the girls with a rose for each of them. They loved it! The roses are in water on our kitchen table. I think their days are numbered due to constant interest and attention from two curious little girls.

After the the girls were in bed that night, Joe told me he was going to go study and then surprised me with a bowl of my favorite kind of popcorn, two glasses of Martinelli's and An Affair to Remember to watch. I had been trying to get him to watch it with me for awhile and he finally consented for Valentine's Day. It was wonderful! I love surprises like that.

I think we will get a night out this week sometime. I love Valentine's Day. It is so much more fun with kids, too.