To My Little Valentines'

What we lack on Halloween...we make up for on Valentines Day!  It's a happy, cheesy, sweet holiday and I love everything it represents.  The greatest gifts your Dad and I  can give you, my six little monkeys, is to create a safe environment where we can provide, protect, and nurture...and for Dad and I to love one another deeply as equal partners.  And, of course, to have fun and not take life so seriously.  

I love scouring blogland and copying those creative souls out there...

Like doing Izzie's hair to celebrate the holiday...cheesy?  YES, but darn cute for a three-year-old on Valentine's Day.

...and she walked a little taller because of it

Staying up until 2:30 am to finish your class Valentines 

{Thank you, Becky, for the Mad Libs idea!}

And we can't forget the custom Valentine's sanitizer for the all-important teachers!

And making the brightest, most annoying neon Valentine's cookies I've ever seen...and the biggest mess to go with it with each of you {with the cookie cutters Ama sent you}.

...well, sometimes precious little hands.

big enough to make cookies with Monson...and proud of it.

I think Bray missed Halloween 

& Christmas cookies... he's celebrating all of the holidays with his creations:

Do I see a Santa and a Halloween cat in there?

Part of my Valentines to you, cute kiddies:

And making you breakfast for lunch--whole wheat banana chocolate chip heart waffles!  Gotta get some healthy mixed in on this 'sweet' holiday.

I love you all to the sky!

You are what keeps me going day in and day out... 

{YOU are what gets me out of bed in the morning...whether I want to or not!}

Will you all be my Valentines?

xo,