Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Preston's class Valentine Party on Friday

It has been a super fun weekend as we celebrated Valentine's Day in a variety of ways!!  I was able to go in and help with Preston's class party on Friday.  So between teaching character education in Savannah's class, the surprise snow that was beautiful, and trying to figure out what to do about our crashed computer, it was a welcome change to spend some time loving on the kids in his class.

All month we created a heart for each kid with something we loved about them.  Some days they got up too early and others we forgot, but we ended the first two weeks with at least one heart for each day.  I thought they would think it was a dumb idea, but they both really looked forward to their heart at breakfast each morning . . Preston even commented one day "mom, you owe me two hearts!"  It was a fun way to really think about how unique they each are and how thankful we are for them both!

Preston having the super kind heart he does decided he wanted to make us a heart too.  I found this taped to our bedroom door one morning.

He also decided to take on a huge project of his own.  He had been asking for several days for us to calculate the exact number of days until Savannah's birthday.  So finally Dave gave in and figured out that it was 120 days between Valentine's Day and her birthday.  Well, this kid set out on a mission to make her a love paper chain.  He hand drew, cut, colored and wrote in 120 hearts all by himself.  They each had a message like "You Rock" or "I Love You" on it and then he stapled them all together to present to her as a gift on Valentine's Day.  I'm not sure what we were more impressed with . . the hours he spent putting it all together all by himself or the thought to do it in the first place.  Either way, it's yet another example of how sweet is heart is!

He was so excited to give her the final product!!!

Sunday after church we all exchanged gifts and cards.  Both kids used their own money to buy me a box of sweet tarts and a beautiful red rose.  They also made their own purchase at Harris Teeter of some carefully selected candy for Daddy.

Are they not just too lovable!?!

Preston was thrilled with his own box of chocolates that Savannah bought just for him!

Dad loved his candy hearts too!

It was a fun day to enjoy together as a family!  And as usual, after the kids were in bed we ended it with our favorite Cheesecake Factory ~ Adam's peanut butter cup cheesecake . . . we shared a few bites from one piece with the kids after dinner, but then we devoured a piece and a half together.  YUM!!!  We truly have a lot of love to be thankful for!!!