Valentine's Day 2009
We had a lovely Valentine's Day (ha ha, get it?) celebrating as a family. For starters, we decorated Valentine's cookies with Aunt Trenda and Aunt April, and cousins Cade and Ambree.
They all thought the cookie cutters were a lot of fun, even if we did end up redoing most of the ones they cut out.
Jacob was most excited about the various candies we had to put on the cookies. He kept asking, "More this one?" and pointing at the conversation hearts. Once I let him get down to play, he would occassionally sneak back and steal a candy heart or two.
They all thought the cookie cutters were a lot of fun, even if we did end up redoing most of the ones they cut out.Jacob was most excited about the various candies we had to put on the cookies. He kept asking, "More this one?" and pointing at the conversation hearts. Once I let him get down to play, he would occassionally sneak back and steal a candy heart or two.
Leila contributed to the cookies by chillin' here and letting me work. What a good baby!
Saturday morning we had heart-shaped pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream. By the way, heart-shaped pancakes are harder to make than you'd think.
Jacob eating his strawberries and blueberries. His pancakes were already gone by the time I got the camera out.
We got a bunch of snow that morning, so decided it was the perfect day to go sledding. Jacob got sprayed in the face with snow the first time down, and decided that wasn't any fun. So, we built a snowman and chased each other around in the snow.
He also let me pull him in the sled, but he kept hollering, "Walk SLOW, Mommy!!" What happened to my daring little boy? He did eventually warm up to the idea of sledding (on a very small hill) and enjoyed racing Daddy. Then, as a special Valentine's Day present for us, he fell asleep on the way home from sledding and didn't wake up all night! Sweet! So, Bryon and I were able to enjoy a quiet dinner for two.
Bryon made me some fabulous penne pesto, bruschetta, and bread sticks. My present to him was his favorite chocolate layer cake, which tasted way better than it looked, thus no picture. Bryon also got me an amathyst ring from this site: www.silverjewelryclub.com, which has some great jewelry.It was a very fun Valentine's Day for all of us!
Leila all ready to go sledding. She slept in her carrier the entire time...but she sure looked cute doing it!
Jacob showing Daddy the snow. He loved having 'snowball fights' which consisted of him running up to you, and setting a pile of snow on you, then running away laughing.
Ambree, Trenda, and Jacob decorating cookies.
April helping Cade. He had very specific instructions for April, and his cookies were masterpieces.
The best picture to come out of cookie decorating. Ambree's enjoying her creation, which has about 8 cookie's worth of frosting on it.
