Valentine fun

Last year, I had a bunch of valentine things planned that I was unable to carry out since we ended up in the hospital unexpectedly. (However, my parents did a great job stepping in and made heart-shaped pancakes, etc.!) So I was excited to plan some special touches for our FAMILY celebration this year.

Eric was given 40 Tootsie roll pops for his birthday last fall, and I still had them because there's (unfortunately) not been a shortage of sweets around here. So when I found a couple ideas for valentines using those suckers, I thought it would be perfect. (And, thus, why I spent no money on these. Hollah!) Here are Nathan's super hero pops:

And Natalie's butterflies. They are supposed to have googly eyes on them, but if you can believe it, Wally World was sold out of the small ones!

I couldn't get a great smile out of Naomi, but here she is on her first Valentine's Day. Each of our babies has worn this bib on V-Day, so I had to get a pic!

I served pink pancakes for breakfast and had all the mailboxes ready to set out. Those are always a big hit! The alligator one Nathan made as a preschool craft, and I use it for Eric; the other three were a dollar apiece at Target a couple years ago.

Dressed in our holiday pink! I made a "fancy" candlelit supper, and then we watched a valentine movie and had red and white popcorn.

Hope you had a special valentine celebration!