Valentine's Day

Before my brother was in his accident, I had started doing some little special somethings for the girls to celebrate Valentine's Day.  And, while it came to a quick end when life got in the way, the girls enjoyed the little treats I snuck into their lunchboxes.

 Eva's valentines took much longer than anticipated, but she really loved the results.  We hope her friends did too.

 Last year, Maya had a valentine where it looked like she was handing out a sucker.  This year, thanks to Pinterest, everyone had one of those it seemed.  So, we modified slightly...

 Also new this year, I made a mystery dinner for the girls.

 They were each handed a menu with thirteen items to choose from.  Each choice was disguised by a coded word or phrase.  I served them four courses and they each got to choose three items for each course.

 Course #1:

 Course #2

 Course #3

 Course #4

 Not the healthiest dinner I've ever served, but one night won't kill us!  Also, this was A LOT of work; but, the girls had a GREAT time trying to figure out what was coming next.

Finally, for fourteen days, we each wrote a secret note to each other explaining what we loved about that person.  After dinner, we sat down together and read them out loud.  This was my favorite part because we each HAD to say something nice about each other.  It was interesting to see what was written down. 

I hope everyone had a good "heart" day.  While mine was certainly tainted, I tried my hardest to make it special for the girls.  I can't wait for their uncle to open his eyes and see the valentines we have set at his bedside!