Happy Heart Day!

My little valentine!

Kendall - 3.5 months old

Rachel was totally looking forward to Valentine's Day this year, and I was not sure how to live up to her expectations!  I love that she is really getting into holidays, and it is making me step up my game a little bit.  It's also the special holiday when she gets flowers from daddy, and she likes to display them in her room all week.  She wanted to get him some too, but then I told her that he'd probably want tools more than flowers.  

The best part of Rachel's Valentine's Day was wishing strangers "Happy Valentine's Day!" in the stores we went into.  And you know what, it totally made people's day and brought a big smile to their face.  We even had some extra heart-shaped suckers with us, and she wanted to share them with other children.  So I had to her ask the mom first, but then she was happy to share treats with other kids shopping with their moms.  Note to self:  she loved the random acts of kindess and well wishes more than anything else on this holiday!  I wouldn't have ever guessed.  Also, she didn't even notice all the pink doily hearts I hung all around the house.  Funny how that works.  

As a family we had a "romantic" dinner by candlelight, and we even had the Martinelli's in glass goblets which the kids loved.  And according to Facebook, so did everyone else.  ha ha  I'll post a picture of our dinner later, but I can't help but be reminded of something funny a friend said on Facebook:  "'I'd love to see a thousand pictures of what everyone ate for Valentine's yesterday!'  - Said Nobody Ever"  It made me laugh out loud and I wholeheartedly agree, which is why I'll post it to our private blog instead of Facebook/Instagram.

"Romantic" dinner with the family