Valentine's Traditions

Giving a little love to Chewee while sporting her new PJs.

I just have to start by saying having Valentine's Day on Monday is just not so much fun!  Kids have school, I have work... just tends to put a damper on festivities.  No fretting though... we celebrated early!  Last night I pulled out the traditional Valentines for my sweetest of sweethearts... heart-shaped boxes of various chocolates.  Erin informed me a couple of years ago to stay away from the Whitman Samplers although those are WD's absolute favorite "Valentines".  So I did, and opted for red foiled covered boxes of Russell Stover's for her & Dylan... only to be informed that when they opened them that there was no "key" to the chocolate layout...wellllll of course not... that's only in the Whitman Sampler...there is a little paper that specifically shows which chocolate is what...you know... caramel filled, coconut cream, toffee, chocolate filled chocolate, etc. Maybe next year Whitman's will be what they get! (BTW - my favorite are the milk chocolates with strawberry or vanilla cream).  So they just had to nibble each piece to discover the "yummy" inside!  Along with chocolates, I always get them each a new set of PJs.  This year was no different!  The only variation from tradition were the heart-shaped "peeps"... you know those sugary-crusted marshmallows shaped like birds at Easter... well they had them in pink heart-shapes.  I gave each of them a packet of peeps, a few Hershey chocolate bars, and a box of graham crackers...they enjoyed the mess of zapping them in the microwave for a tasty Valentine's s'more.  (Got the idea from their Aunt Brooklyn one Easter!)  Of course no Valentine's day would be complete without the perfect card.  I think they were more excited about the iTunes gift cards I slid into them than the message of the Valentine themselves.  Oh well... seeing them enjoy the Valentines and each other's company made my Valentine day complete!

Sweet sticky goodness!

Cramming it in... yeah he ended up with pink smudges on his new PJs!