Valentine Fun

I've always really liked Valentine's Day.

Not as a sappy, romantic day but as a fun day to tell your loved ones in small, creative ways how much you care. My momma likes the holiday also (wonder where I got it?) & I remember celebrating Valentine's Day as a family, with candy, handmade cards & sometimes little presents next to each place at the dinner table. I'm sure one of the main reasons we both like this holiday is due to our shared love of making cards. All my cards this year were from Blakey, most of them Batman themed. ;) Unfortunately, I did not take any photos.

In a small way, Valentine's Day is also the first hopeful glimpse of spring. By the 14th, you can usually see tiny pussywillows starting to bud on bare branches and bright, hardy primroses at storefronts. For the past couple years, I've purchased a flat (for $10!) of primroses at Costco & gifted away half of them.

This year, Blake & I had most of the day together, taking a walk on our nearby trail, making cheesecake & hosting some of our PEPS friends for a little gathering. Just like the cards though, I have not taken any photos of the primroses on my porch & sadly, I forgot to remind the PEPS gals to take some home. Please, if you would like a primrose or two, come on by -- I have way too many.

While I have, as yet, been unable to instill much romance in my thoroughly pragmatic husband, we do have our own little tradition of having pho for dinner on Valentine's Day. Simply & yummy, sometimes we go out & other times we dine in. This year, we thought it would be fun to take Blake to our local pho restaurant. It was a wonderful dinner out. Not only did Blake thoroughly delight our nearby dining companions, he also really likes pho. Being true to his love of spicy foods, he prefers dad's pho to mine, as he fixes his much spicier. We took a video so you can see how much he likes it.  :)

Working on the video -- I currently keep receiving an error message when trying to upload it.

We finished the evening with cheesecake (Blake liked it almost as much as the pho) & a few small presents. Blake loved his light-up heart (thank you dollar store).

I hope you found small, fun ways to show your love to those who matter most to you this Valentine's Day.

 

Language

Blakey combined signs & words into a sentence for the first time last night. We were wrestling on the bed after his bath, like we always do. Usually daddy is with us, but Levi was out for the evening skiing. Blake flung his arms out, palms up (sign for "where?"), immediately followed by the word "dada."

"Where's dada?"

"Dada is skiing. You'll see him in the morning."

:)