Happy Valentine's Day! :)

We had fun with celebrations this year.  A while ago I let/made the boys do some painting to decorate the bulletin boards in the playroom.  I have to say that I love those boards!  :)

I'm glad that I have a reason to think of art projects because otherwise I probably wouldn't get them done.

For breakfast, I tried making red velvet heart-shaped pancakes.  Don't use a mix...they were not so great.  Cute, but not tasty.  

Jared was enthusiastic, but then wouldn't eat it.  Yes, he is wearing Christmas pajamas; yes, he does have a bruise on his eye from an altercation with his brother earlier in the week; and yes, he does have a Cheetos bag.  Just keeping it real.

Ethan was very unenthusiastic and looks terribly ill in the picture (remind me never to use the point-and-shoot camera again).  I was so busy yesterday that I didn't want to deal with trying to take great pictures.  I should have just gone for it.  Oh well!

Thursday we had a playgroup at our house and made a heart-shaped cookie cake.  :)  Ethan and Jared helped decorate.  Also, just a sidenote, if you're making a cookie cake, use dark brown sugar.  It made it way better!  I didn't like it in the cookies, but it was great in the cake. 

We had lobster tails, salad, heart-shaped garlic bread, and strawberries for dinner.  Jared was so full of love that he had to hug Alan instead of smile for a picture.  :)

We finished off the day with family fun and then tried to take a group picture.  Again, wrong camera, and no makeup for me, etc., but still a fun day!  :)