Valentine's Day 2016

We had another lovey dovey Valentine's Day! The boys each picked out Valentines that were perfectly them! 

Brooks chose Baymax! 

He's still working on writing his name completely independently, so I helped him write his. He need help with a few of the strokes and can do some on his own. But it is such good practice for those little hands to do it themselves instead of having their parents sign them. Building that fine motor strength and motor planning every chance we get. 

He was proud of his hard work! 

Heath picked out Yoda...

He just had to sign his name, not address them to individual students, but he has a big class. 28 Valentine's signed and green glowstick light sabres put in.

And Nolan picked out scratch board Sharks. 

This was the first year he had to address them to specific classmates. It was fun for him to write their names and pick out which ones he wanted to give to each friend. 

And of course, I put together my favorite teacher Valentines! 

And I made these cute water bottles for Nolan to bring to his class party too. They were adorable! 

Mark was able to go to Brooks' party. 

They had fun decorating and eating cookies together! 

After I picked Brooks up from school, he was so excited to show me his Valentine jug and all of the cards and candies he got! 

He also made me this cute little card! 

We weren't able to make it to Heath and Nolan's parties this year. 

But they had a great time! Heath's favorite part was playing "Cupid's Arrows". They had to shoot Qtips out of a straw by blowing through it and then trying to hit a love target. Sounds pretty fun! 

Heath showing off his Valentine collection basket that they made at school and all of his loot! 

Nolan had to bring in a Valentine collection box that they made at home. When we saw this Shark box kit at Target, we knew it would be perfect to go with his Shark Valentines! He was so proud of it! And it was so easy to make with all the materials right there. 

Since the real Valentine's Day was on a Sunday, we were able to spend the whole day together! Of course, I planned a few sweet and special things for my little loves. 

I bought them Snow White as a reminder of our favorite ride from Disney World- The 7 Dwarfs Mine Train. They had never seen it before, so I thought it would be a fun way to relax later in the day, cuddled up under a blanket watching the movie. 

Mark ran out that morning and picked up Valentine donuts and Starbucks and roses for me! 

And I put out a few cute decorations! They are always so excited to run downstairs and to see if there are any surprises for them! Their happiness and smiles mean the world to me! 

I let the boys choose a fun activity for us to do together as a family that day! They chose bowling! We bowled last year on Valentine's Day as well. I think it's becoming our tradition! 

Heater Bombs is a pretty good little bowler. 

Brooks started out using a ramp, but ended up pushing the ball down the lane without it during our second game. 

Nolan was the only kid to get a STRIKE that day! He had a few spares too. 

Here are our end scores of game 1. We played a second game too but I didn't get a picture. But we were all pretty consistent that day. Other than I think Nolan and Heath tied the 2nd game. We had a really fun time! We got pizza and pop too! But, boy, is bowling expensive these days! Maybe that's why we only do it once a year…on Valentine's Day. How romantic! 

After bowling, we came home to watch Snow White! This was our favorite part of the ride at MK. And it was so cute and fun to see it on the screen! 

After the movie, Auntie & Flobby stopped by to drop off some little treats. 

The boys got the cutest cards, some candy, and some little tsum tsums. 

They were thrilled! 

They also got some thoughtful gifts from Oma & Opa and Grandma & Grandpa too! $5 bills and Sonic gift cards! They are quite spoiled! And VERY loved! 

That night for dinner, we made the boys breakfast for dinner- their favorite. Complete with pink milk! 

Nolan showing off their new little tsum tsums from Auntie & Flobby! 

Chowing down! 

As soon as we could, we put the little love bugs to bed and Mark and I got Maggiano's take out, had a glass of wine (or 2…who am I kidding?!), and watched The Bachelor 20th Season special! It was the perfect Valentine's Day for me! I couldn't ask for more! Love those men of mine !