A Day Smothered in Hearts.

Oh Valentines. The day everyone loves to hate. Its funny how when you have no one to share the day with you hate it, but as soon as you have someone it becomes of the most important days of the year. And heaven forbid if that special someone doesn't plan it out just right. Well i've never been a 'romantic' person but i've always liked the holiday to be acknowledged in some way or another.

I got the Kids excited for the day by cutting out cards for them to decorate for a few friends and family members. They had lots of fun coloring with the felts. I only usually let them use crayons. Naveah reminded me why I only do that when she started to color all over the table, then her hands, then her face -instead of the paper. But it was still fun and they had fun picking out the colors they wanted and scribbling all over the page.

Evan and I celebrated the night before. We dropped the kids off at Nanny and Papa Jevne's and we went out for supper to the 'Cattle Baron'. One of my favorite restaurants. We were going to go out to a movie but by the time we were done dinner we were so incredibly full that the thought of sitting in an uncomfy movie theatre was quickly becoming a not so good plan. Instead we rented a movie and decided to cozy up on the couch in some jammies and our tea.
In the morning it was so nice to be able to sleep in and just take our time getting ready for the day. We headed out and went for breakfast and then went to go pick up the kids. From there we took the kids the Calgary Humaine Society. They just love it there. Naveah gets so excited to see all the kitty cats and rabbits. She goes from window to window looking at every single one. Occationally she would run past one then stop in her tracks and back up. She makes sure not to miss one! After moving on the the next bunch of animals she would yell back "bubye dee dats!!!" or "bubye radat!". All the dogs must have been out training or something cause there were only a few of them in their rooms. We went from window to window looking for a puppy. Every room that was empty they would say "mmmmm nope?" and move onto the next.
Afterwards we headed to South Center Mall to let the kids play at all the play places there. Then it was time to go home where we hung out a bit, had a quick dinner and dessert then it was time for tired little kids to go to sleep. OH! and I also made Naveah a pretty cute little skirt for Valentines Day. She looked adorable!

Today was Family Day and it was indeed a good day. Evan took the kids downstairs this morning and let me have some extra time to sleep. It was another lazy morning. When I came downstairs I worked on our weekly meal plan and then made the grocery list to match. We didnt head out the door till after lunch. We just headed to superstore and got our groceries then it was back home so little miss cranky pants could sleep! We stayed in for the rest of the day. Visited with our neighbor, put away groceries, hung out then Evan took the kids downstairs to watch a movie while I made dinner. We had home made pizza! I even made the dough! It was my first attempt at pizza dough and it was a great success! I think ill definitely be doing that again.

I am so thankful for my little (growing) family. We have every element we need. Kael is our adventure. Naveah is our determination. Evan is our provider. And me? Well im the Mother- need I say more? I cant wait to see what this next baby brings.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!