Part 1: Breakfast
I started out this morning by going on a run with my Cailey girl! We ran 3 miles then I came home to make red velvet pancakes (which were started by daddy while we were out:)
I always try to do red/pink themed food on Valentine's Day just to make it more fun for the kiddos. It's a little harder for us to do it since we can't use Red40 because of Cailey's allergy but we've found great ways around it. We don't usually do big presents but focus more on spending time together making and doing fun things. This morning they had red velvet pancakes and pink milk! They ALL (even ephram who hasn't been eating) ate a TON!
and kept coming back for more and more! We'll definitely be using this recipe again!
Part 2: The Park
It was so nice out that we decided to meet the Klicks at the park for some playtime and a picnic! The kids had a great time taking a break and playing with friends.
ephram didn't care for the slide...at all. but LOVED the swings!
We've been cooped up for so long that I haven't been taking many pictures lately. I really could have broken this post up into several but wanted to go ahead and do it all at once since it was one day. We just did so many fun things today! LOVE LOVE LOVE pics of my babies! Oh..and lunch was Nutella and PB sandwiches with the red velvet pancakes as the bread (requested by the kiddos) and red apples. (They loved it:)
buddies!
love the man hug they give each other!
every girl loves to twirl!
This boy was asking me to take his picture the whole time! LOVE it! Braden also did a great job on the monkey bars which have always been hard for him. He was really happy about it.
Kinsey did AWESOME on the monkey bars and was just so thrilled with her accomplishments. I'm so glad I captured her excitement.
sliding with my guys...thankful cailey took a picture!
group shot of our sweet friends!
Part 3: arts and crafts
The kiddos and I planned out our afternoon and had lots of crafts ideas of things we could make for Valentine's Day. We didn't get as many of them done as we wanted to but we need to have something to do next year! We had a great time together...treasure this time!
they made a 'conversation heart' door hanging, heart people, Valentine's hats, and a heart mobile
Their cute hats! Also, you can see the door hanging in the back ground. They cut out and wrote sweet things on each of the hearts hanging up (like Love is Kind, Cailey is special, Jesus loves you, etc.). As soon as Ephram came down he ran over to it and said, "hearts! yots (lots) hearts!"
kinsey did a couple crafts for Valentine's day
last week. dot a dot giant heart and do a dot tiny
hearts for a mobile she made
Ephram was in a super grumpy mood because he was hurting and didn't want any part of wearing a silly hat. I still love the picture! The other picture has a heart Kinsey made, two of the four heart people, and a heart mobile.
Part 4: Amanti's
We were going to make heart shaped pizzas with heart shaped pepperoni for dinner (decided by the kiddos). Unfortunately we didn't have any sauce so I decided to surprise them with a long lost coupon and fun night out. We went to Amanti's where they work with the kiddos and have them make their own pizzas. Ephram got into it (which was amazing since he was so sad) and loved it as much as the other kids.
The adult leading it was AWESOME and even taught the kiddos how to 'toss' their pizza dough. Poor Braden accidentally threw it at the teacher..oops:). I couldn't BELIEVE how much Ephram was participating! Brian and I learned some new techniques too.
They all had a BLAST...but especially Braden. He really enjoyed himself.
Topping time...notice Ephram eating the cheese right off the pizza. Cailey made a sausage and pepperoni pizza, Kinsey made pepperoni, and Braden made his favorite...mushroom! We kept just cheese on Ephram's.
Ephram ate SO MUCH! He ate three pieces of pizza so i guess he loved it! He basically survived on pizza and pancakes (with some yogurt and mandarin oranges thrown in) today.
The finished products! They forgot all about wanting to make it heart shaped until it came to the table. Oh well! Cailey didn't end up liking her toppings but loved the pizza once she pulled them off. The other two loved everything about theirs. They all devoured it!
Part 5: Family Time
We came home and gave the kids a little present from us. The oldest two got great age appropriate devotionals and Kinsey and Ephram got books. All of our gifts for them were focused on God's unconditional love for them. We also played tag, listened to the kids read, tickled, read bible stories, and listened to Cailey play the piano. The kiddos made very sweet cards for us too! We had a busy, but wonderful day together...and managed to get some school done too:)!
Posing after a game of tag!
Daddy reading Ephram all the hearts...and hanging out with his boys
When I got upstairs to my room I discovered a gift card and some yummy treats waiting for me too from Brian:). We don't usually exchange Valentine's gifts since it's a week between our birthdays so I was pleasantly surprised! So thankful for a great husband and daddy!
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