Valentine's Day

Every year, as you know if you follow this blog, the hubbs and I go all out for Valentine's Day. New dress. Suit and tie. Dinner reservation. Roses. Box of chocolates. The whole nine yards. But this year, for the first time in seven years, I didn't want to do that.

The day started off with heart-shaped pancakes. The toddler was all too willing to lend a hand! :)

Can I just say. . . pink, heart-shaped pancakes look gross. I don't really know why. But they do. Of course, that didn't stop my guys from eating all of them!

We had a bit of a crazy morning, but the toddler was so, so excited to get to school for his Valentine's Day party. He kept saying, "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!" ("Screaming," rather than "saying," would be a more appropriate verb.)

Here are my cuties on V-Day:

Oh. My. Gosh! I love them so, so much!! How chunky and squeezable does the baby look!? And how handsome and grown up does the toddler look!? Be still my beating heart!

I figured that the toddler wouldn't be into his Valentine's candy at all, since that's how he was on Halloween. Nope. He officially likes loves candy. Once again scooping up Mom of the Year award, I went ahead and let him eat all his candy. Yep. Go ahead and judge. Every. Last. Piece. ;)

The toddler got some new cars from his Pops and BeeGee for Valentine's Day, and we gave him a Cars mailbox to put his cars in! He was so happy! :)

I had told the hubbs I wanted two things for V-Day: champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries. And did my man deliver?

Oh, yes he did! He even got me my favorite perfume that I haven't had since college: Burberry Classic! :)

Don't laugh, but we ended up hopping in the car, going through the drive-thru at Taco Bell, picking up a Red Box (Hunger Games--I've read the books, and I still hadn't watched the movie) and my favorite bottle of wine. We came home, put the boys to bed, and had taco bell and watched a movie. It was wonderful! If I were a hash-tagger (only verbally, I totally am), I would classify our seventh Valentine's Day together as #valentinesdaywithtwokids...and...#doesntgetbetterthanthis. :)