Our Valentine's Day

Overall we had a pretty good Valentine's day. I actually got myself together and continued a Michaelson tradition by making pink, heart-shaped pancakes. And after a few bites Rachel asked for Cheerios and Audrey did her usual few bites (she's not much of a breakfast eater). At least Andy humored me and ate a few.... :) No wonder I don't bother making breakfast very often. But it was still fun and I enjoyed the pancakes!

We then went about our normal Monday morning routine - cycle and abs class for me while the girls have fun in the Kidzone. We did some chores once we got home and then for lunch I made hot dog hearts. Super simple and an idea from Family Fun Magazine. I used toothpicks instead of linguini. The girls gobbled them up. After naps we enjoyed decorating some cookies at a friends' house. We checked the mail on our way home and our mailbox was full of cards and packages from family and friends. The girls had fun opening the valentines that were sent to them! Dinner was just the girls and I, since Andy is crazy, busy at work. After the bedtime routine I enjoyed an episode of Castle, the one and only show I follow regularly. Definitely a good day!

I wanted to share the valentines that Rachel (and then Audrey joined in as well) made this year. I can't claim this idea as my own. My friend shared the idea with me from someone's blog. I took the pictures and then logged into picnik and spiffed them up a bit:

Can you tell who's a lefty and who's a righty??? :)

And then I made these cute suckers for Rachel's classmates, which turned out to be super easy. and luckily I had enough leftover candy canes from Christmas. Instead of using chocolate chips though I used candy wafers from Hobby Lobby, which are much easier to deal with and work great!

Even though the pink wallpaper in the girl's bathroom proved to be a great background for the pictures, I'm hoping next Valentine's the pink wallpaper won't exist. We've enjoyed it for several years and hopefully this is the last... :)