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Valentine's Day was fun and festive around here--lots of LOVIN' going on!


the kiddos opening cards and packages from far-away family

The Princess paper mache-ing her Valentine card box

Mr. B handling the hot glue gun for his Valentine box

White chocolate-dipped Oreos for our 
homeschool group Valentine party on Monday

the kids stuffing everyone's boxes with Valentines

Valentine party games

Valentine boxes: Mr. B's crocodile and The Princess' ladybug

Valentine's Day morning

The Princess' table decor--so cute!

the kiddos' wall decor--adorable!

I especially loved the cards Mr. B made for each place setting!

Vince's special Valentine breakfast of some pretty amazing French toast--delish!


more of that yummy French toast
  
a sweet little charm my guy gave me for Valentine's Day...a lock on one side and...

...and a key on the other!

I hope you also had a wonderful Valentine's Day, because as Jim Gaffigan puts it, "Without Valentine's Day February would be...well...January."  :)
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Erika said…
What a great day! I love their boxes. Looks like tons of fun. :)
February 16, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Mozi Esme said…
Looks like a sweet day! I'm wishing for some of those Oreos. And that ladybug valentine's box is a dream - both of them are pretty nifty...
February 17, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Stefanie said…
What a wonderful day!!
February 17, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Marie said…
Oh how incrediably fun your Valentine's day seemed. We had weren't home much this year so it was kind of 'blahh' for us this year. The kids each got to pick a new app for the nook so that was good enough for them, lol
February 19, 2012 at 6:28 PM
Jennifer said…
So much fun! The paper mache turned out cute.
February 26, 2012 at 6:58 PM
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