Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine's day was fun this year! We began by preparing for it the day before and making heart shaped doughnuts. My sister-in-law, Megan, and I didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into, but according to Matt - they turned out DELICIOUS! I was unable to taste them because after all of the preparation and grease burns, I just wasn't in the mood...

Our workstation

The cause of numerous burns...

Finished product after we finally started getting the hang of it :)

We even did doughnut holes - awesome!

Livy was loving it. She's wearing her shoes because all of our windows and doors were open due to a small smoke problem and she was playing outside :) And the fairy costume (or as Livy calls it her "fairy godmother" dress) she currently wears every single day and to every store we go into. Her cute little friends came over and taught her about dress-up and since then, she hasn't taken the dress off.

All photos courtesy of Drewbee. Seriously, Livy was so happy.

Then comes Valentine's Day:

They woke up to balloons and Valentines pajamas - since pajamas bring Livy the greatest joy ever - still. I'm wondering if we'll ever leave this pajama phase.

And apparently Drew wanted us to celebrate our rich Spanish heritage - hence the "Te quiero" themed balloon...

The balloon quickly became Adam's best friend and went with him everywhere.

They also woke up to hearts everywhere. At first, Livy was VERY upset about this. She woke up and came into my room and yelled, "Who's birthday is it!?!?" And then she yelled, "And who put hearts all over my door!!??" After I explained that it was Valentines Day - she said "Oh Mom! The hearts are so pretty! Thank you!" :)

Also, I got the flu really bad that day, so this is what my dreams of heart shaped pancakes turned into.

Then it was actually warm enough to go to the park. Well it was 50 degrees - which is significantly higher than it has been - so we were all about getting out of the house!!!

Story of Adam's life. Looking on at what his sister is doing, wishing he could keep up with her. Poor guy.

Awesome faces:

Love this face! I swear he was having fun on the swing!

Obviously I was only able to get some good pics from the boy since Jake and Livy took off the second we got to the park!

Sweet valentines outfit.

Cute little Jake. Livy's favorite cousin and BFF.

My favorite pic from the park. I love how you can see the leaves he was playing with in his eye.

After the park we went to Macey's to get some stuff to make cookies. Unfortuantely, our trip then turned into an attempted robbery on Jake's part. When we got out to the car I realized that he had stolen a little dog toy. So we went to return it and the manager not only let him keep it but then gave all of the kids balloons! I don't think he quite understood that I was trying to teach these 2-year-olds a lesson! So I took the dog away and before we got the balloons I explained that this wasn't a reward for stealing and we have to pay for stuff at the store with money - hilarious!

Anywhoo, we finished the day by making valentines and cookies for our friends and family. Besides getting the nasty flu - it was a fun day with the kids!