Valentine's Day Overload

 We had a super-fun-busy-crazy Valentine's Day this year! Thanks to pinterest, the kids picked out their valentines they wanted to give their class during some of the snow days that we had in early January. It was fun having them help put them together and be so excited about what they were bringing to school! Harrison did a super-hero valentine that turned out so cute! There were batman, superman, wonderwoman and green lantern.

 Madeleine did these bubble gum valentines. I actually found the gum in the tubes at Sams back in early January -- perfect! We just pulled off the tags on them and added our own cuter tags.

 And Charlotte did a few bouncy ball valentines to give Harrison & Madeleine at their parties. :)

 Madeleine had to make a valentine container and bring it to school. I'm not very crafty, but I think we did ok. Her school's mascot is the Owls, so we made an owl and she was happy with it.

 Harrison's party was first and I was in charge of it -- and I was so busy I didn't get a chance to take any pictures. We decorated valentine bags with stickers, etc. and then they swapped valentines. Then we did an ice cream sundae bar which was a huge hit! We set it up like an assembly line with all kinds of toppings -- chocolate chips, m&ms, marshmellows, crushed oreos, cherries, whip cream, hot fudge, if you can think of it, we had it! The kids LOVED it!

Then Charlotte & I helped clean up and headed down to catch the last bit of Madeleine's party. I did snap a picture there. It's so hard to believe that this is her LAST school party! 5th grade is middle school here and they don't do big parties. :( These 5 years of elementary school have gone by fast.

 We headed to play with some friends after school and then met up with Matt for dinner. We told the kids that they could choose our dinner spot for the night and they wanted to go to IHop, so that's what we did! Then it was home to open their Valentine's day gifts from us. These kids have been spoiled this week with Valentine surprises from both sets of grandparents -- Books from Grammy and Pops (which they loved and started reading immediately!) and candy from Mimi & Grandad (which they also loved!).

 Matt and I got them each a new book, a small candy and a (wrapped) toy -- legos for the big kids and a purse/phone for Charlotte (that she's been begging to get).

 Lots of love, excitement and sugar on this day! I'm so thankful for all of my sweeties!