Our Valentines Day Bash!

Valentines Day Morning:

When we woke up Kevin handed me a piece of paper that had a clue on it. Looks like we were going on a treasure hunt for my special Valentine. The clue sent me down to the kitchen sink. There I found this microscopic piece of paper folded a million times that sent me somewhere else. A few clues later I found my gift under the bed. Kevin had bought me some shoes that We had already looked into buying but couldn't find the right size. I'd been to a few stores just the night before and still couldn't get the size. I was totally surprised by the shoes. He also got my a HUGE chocolate heart the night before.

His present wasn't ready yet so he didn't get his for a while.

Meanwhile.....

Here is Zack taking a nap. I always go in to check on him a few times and this time I thought he looked so cute with his little feet sticking out of the blanket.

While Zack was taking his nap I sent Kevin to run some errands for the party we were going to have that night. The night before Zack was playing on the kitchen floor and tipped over the garbage can. I mentioned to Kevin that there was this really cool garbage can cabinet that I wanted at Gardner Village. I told him maybe I would get it when we finished painting the kitchen and all our other construction was done. So when Kevin was bringing in the things I sent him out for in comes my garbage can cabinet! I was totally surprised! I can usually figure out what Kevin is going to get me based on the clues I give him throughout the year. But I didn't expect this at all, or the shoes for that matter. If you have a last minute husband it pays to mention things out of the blue and then send them on errands!!!

Note: I was disappointed that my shoes and trash can weren't stuffed with socks, fake money, and the phone for fillers. (that's what I found in my stocking at Christmas, he wanted it to took full.)

It's supposed to be a hamper but when I saw it a few months ago I thought it would be a really cute garbage can for my kitchen.

After that I gave Kevin his gift. Nothing great this year. I am always out-done by him no matter what. I got him a new body pillow because I stole his good one. He also got a gift card to PF Changs and by his request some chocolate lips. I got him the biggest one I could find. It was about 2 inches by 6 inches. The chocolate heart he gave me was about 25 times bigger. (I think he got me the heart so he could eat it!) I also made him a funny card and got him 2 snickers bars. His all time favorite. I don't think he got around to opening his present for a few days though. We had a really busy weekend and week!

Later in the evening before our guests arrived we had Zack open his present. We already gave him the batman ball that we got so we didn't wrap it. Here he is opening his Valentines lion that he really doesn't care about!

He was clearly more interested in the paper...

My 2 Valentines

For Valentines Day this year we decided it would be hard to find a babysitter and decided to stay home and have a quiet dinner. Boy were we wrong about the quiet part! We invited my brother Matt over and his "friend" Ana. With them came my older brothers kids: Anabella, Lily and Alex. We decorated the house and had the kids dress up for our fancy Valentines Day dinner. I wouldn't let the kids go in the kitchen because I didn't want them to see the decorations yet. I told them it was a surprise. Once we got in the kitchen Lily asked "Where's the surprise?" I told her it was the dinner and the decorations. She then asked "When can we see the gooder surprise?" I had to make something up. I told her that after dinner we were going to have a pink heart shaped cake. That seemed to satisfy her.

We actually got a good picture of all 4 kids, although it took a few tries.

For dinner I made Kevin's favorite food, spaghetti. It's his moms famous recipe. I got up early that morning and made the sauce so it could simmer all day. We also had sparkling cider, green beans and garlic bread. Zack even had Gerber spaghetti which he wouldn't eat because he was sick. At dinner I assigned everyone a date. Since we had 4 girls and 4 boys it was even. Kevin and Lily were a date, Matt and Anabella were a date, Ana and Alex and Zack and I. I did this so that I would get to eat my dinner. I told the adult of the pair that if their child date needed anything they would have to get it. My date, Zack, turned out to be a real challenge so I later traded Zack for Lily, soon after that Lily became really needy as well. Why me?

Here is everyone with their dates.

Matt and Bella

Krazy Kevin and Crazy Lil

Zack and I

(My date isn't getting a goodnight kiss!)

Alex and Ana
(I think she had eastiest date of all, even though he was messy)

After dinner I finished our heart cake that was now round. The frosting didn't work out. It wasn't a really good recipe. Because nothing worked out with the cake I let the kids decorate it with Valentines candy. They loved that part! I didn't get a picture of it for some reason. But it was beautiful! I had to practically bribe Matt and Ana to eat it. After cake Kevin got out the birthday party poppers that he bought. (He must have gotten confused about what we were celebrating.) Needless to say the confetti was a huge hit! Very messy and I am still finding it everywhere, but they loved it!

What a night! I was so exhausted I went to bed before everyone even left.