Valentine's Day

Having kids makes ALL holidays that much more fun. I enjoy even the smallest of holidays (Groundhog day).
















We decorated cookies.

 What the small plate of Valentine cookies doesn't show you is the mess that ensues from them. So here is a bit of reality. You can't see it but the sink is full.

 Then I had the morning of Valentine's Day planned with a pretty festive breakfast of pink heart shaped pancakes - with white chocolate and macadamia nuts - because why not?  (I don't have the heart pancake shaper so I had to put the batter in a squeeze bottle not as successful as I thought it would be but the girls got a kick out of it) Next year, I will probably invest in a heart shape pancake thingy and not use pink coloring.

 Then while Brad was out helping his sister release a raccoon she caught in her attic (that story is for another blog post) He was doubled over in pain, so she took him to the ER. Here he is experiencing kidney stones for the first time. He got pain killers and a shot in the bum and told to stay active and drinks loads of water.

 Due to the ER visit I missed B's class Valentine Party, but it was a beautiful day and they did their own party on the deck, and this melted my heart.


















Brad had planned a date night for the whole family, I originally thought we would have to take a rain check but he took a nap, popped a pill and put on a brave face and took out all his girls. We saw the lego batman movie. Soooo romantic, ha!ha! No, it was great and fun. And EVERYONE should experience watching a movie with this Califlower.  She gets very very involved in the movie and takes her popcorn very seriously. She sits bouncing and grabs hand fulls of popcorn (without looking) and shoving it all in her mouth with shrieks of joy in between bites.