Valentine's Day 2015

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!!!

We had a very busy few days. 

I was asked to help Titus' class at school to celebrate their Valentine party. Amelia and I got there around lunch time and brought Titus a Happy Meal from McDonalds because Josiah's class was having pizza. We all know that it's just easier to bring your child a Happy Meal than to listen to the injustice of it all!!

Then it was time to Party!!

First game was to have a contest in stacking the Conversation Sweethearts. That actually entertained them for awhile. 

They were cracking themselves up by reading the little sayings on the hearts. 

I didn't get a whole lot of good pictures because it's just hard to take time to take pictures when you are super busy entertaining children. 

Then we let them make heart shaped pillows. This was a tad bit more challenging because 13 kids and 13 needles and thread.............

We survived and the kids were super proud of their pillows. 

I was amazed at how some of the kids took to it so easily. 

After spending so much time sewing and concentrating we went to the gym to play another game with our heart candy. 

The object of this game was to fill your spoon with candy and then put the end of the spoon in your mouth. Walk to the other side of the gym and drop your hearts into your team's bowl. 

The boys took on the girls, but the girls beat them big time. 

 The gym floor was covered in candy hearts. 

After that game we went to the kitchen to decorate cupcakes. 

They loved decorating their own cupcakes. Their sweet teacher bought bright blue and pink icing. These kids were covered in icing. 

Time was running out so they went back to their classroom and passed out their valentines and treats. 

I had to include this in my blog because Titus was so excited about this valentine he got. He came up to me and grinning ear to ear. He said, "This card says Will you be my MAN?"  It struck me so funny. 

Amelia was happy to be included in Titus' class party. She worked really hard on her Valentines. This was her first year signing her own cards. It was kind of a big deal. 

Check out this heart hairdo I gave her for the party. 

I was also proud of my first Pintrest treats for their class party. 

 

Here is a picture from Josiah's class party his teacher shared. 

His classroom was decorated super cute!  He said he had a fun day as well. 

Saturday afternoon I made more Valentine treats for our Sunday school parties while Maynard cooked us a big breakfast. He also had bought me flowers and candy. He even washed all the dishes and cleaned the kitchen back up. What an amazing man!!

That afternoon my Mom came over and suprised my kids with bringing my nephew Cameron with her. She offered to watch the kids while Maynard and I went out for Valentine's dinner. We ordered them pizza and hightailed it out the door. 

We met up with 2 other couples and drove to Lexington. It was fun to hang around other adults for awhile. My friend Heather even offered to cut up our food if we needed her too. Ha ha. We were all used to having our kids with us. 

We ate dinner at Cheddars and then done some shopping. I hadn't bought Maynard anything yet and he lucked out at Kohls with a new shirt and sweater vest off of the clearance rack. 

We were getting calls that the roads back home were getting slick and we decided we better head back. 

We had to make a small detour though because of this:

Who wouldn't stop, right???

Got some festive donuts to bring back home to the kiddos. 

I had a blast with these ladies!!  They have took me in and loved me when I needed loved the most. 

I am also grateful for this man!

Besides the Lord, he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. 

Sunday we ended up only having one mid afternoon service because of the weather, but I decided to go ahead and have my Children's church class a party anway. 

They ate treats and played games and had a good time. I only got one picture and it's not a good one. I literally was hopping and moving around the whole time that I never had time to take pictures. 

I had a table decorated with lots of pink and treats and even failed to get a picture of that. This was their craft and game table.