This morning I surprised my kids with a Valentine breakfast. I decorated the room with streamers and hearts. They were so surprised. Levi my second grader asked if I did this all in one night. It really wasn’t hard but he thought I spent a lot of time.
The hearts were left over from last year. I had to cut out a bunch of hearts for Levi’s school valentine party. I saved them knowing that I didn’t want to have to cut hearts again and also knowing that I could use them over and over. There were a few big hearts that I chose to write a little note to each of my kids on. This was very simple but made a huge impact on my kids this morning. In the note I just told them how much I loved them and some special things that they do that bring happiness to our lives. The streamers were left over from Sophia’s birthday party last year. Corey helped hang the hearts on the ceiling fan and wal- lah we have a Valentine room ready for a special breakfast.
little notes for the kids
enjoying their valentine breakfast.
heart shaped cinnamon rolls
I like to do a special breakfast in the morning to start the day off right. Last year I made heart shaped french toast. This year heart shaped cinnamon rolls. I got the idea from pintrest. I have a really yummy cinnamon roll recipe so I made the dough yesterday and let it rise in the fridge all day and when the kids went to bed I rolled it out and put it back in the fridge. I woke up at 6:00 to put them in the oven. I put it on delay start for a half an hour that way it had a chance to warm up and rise. By the time 7:00 rolled around we had fresh warm cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
I also like to make a cute lunch so the kids can keep feeling the love during the day. I cut their sandwich into a heart and this year I put some vanilla yogurt in a dish and cut some strawberries for the top. There is a note that goes on top of the yogurt container that says “I love you berry much”. So simple but every year the kids tell me how much they appreciate it.
lunch packed with love
flowers from my sweetheart.
My cute little valentines.
My sweet husband got me flowers and chocolates for Valentines. This is a huge step for him. I hardly ever get flowers because he thinks what’s the point they are going to die in a week anyway. So I really do love these flowers. He surprised me with them last Saturday and look they made it to Valentines day! Valentines day is a good day to tell anyone special how you feel about them . My family hears that I love them everyday but today I got to show them in a special way. I hope you take the time everyday to show your loved ones how you feel and if you don’t at least take a little time out today to do so. Hope you all have a wonderful Valentines day.