Valentine's Day!

I think our kids were slightly spoiled this year for Valentine's Day! But, I guess that is okay every once in a while! When they got up I fixed them heart shaped french toast for breakfast! Bekah had received a heart shaped straw from someone recently so she got to drink out of that!

We also had our first snow of the winter! It wasn't a whole lot of snow, but the kids were thrilled to get to go out and play in the snow. The schools were delayed for 2 hours, so they got to play with the neighborhood kids before they all had to go in to get ready for school. Brandon and Bekah got the day off from school though; it was our snow day/Valentine's Day holiday!

After playing in the snow, the kids opened cards from Grandmom and Grandpa. They got some money to spend, so after everyone got warmed up with hot chocolate and changed clothes we went out for them to spend their money. Mommy and Daddy pitched in a little bit of money also and Bekah ended up with a stash of clothes and accessories for her American Girl doll. We got the clothes at Michaels and they were actually pretty cheap (unlike the actual American Girl clothes). Brandon ended up with 2 pre-owned games from Gamestop. We stopped for lunch at McDonalds while we were out and the kids spent their gift certificates that they had received for Christmas. And since they had more money than the cost of a happy meal, they added cookies to their order! I did have to stop at the grocery store while we were out, but then we headed home. Daddy left work a bit early and came home and took everybody to the theater to see Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (we had a gift certificate to pay for part of that also!). After the movie we had dinner at IHOP which is a favorite for everyone! We stopped by Target and got a new game to play and came home and played it. We celebrated from the time we got up until the time we went to bed that night!
And here are the beautiful roses that Todd got me for Valentine's Day! He also got me some chocolate covered strawberries which everyone enjoyed! And he got the usual....A Reese's peanut butter heart!