Valentine Part 2

Valentine's Day

The night before Valentine's day, David went to the store after the girls went to bed & on a very limited budget, bought things to make Valentine's day special for his girls. I had to go to bed before he could begin & when he got to bed it was after 2 in the morning. I could not imagine what he had been doing for 4 hours. The girls had been told not to get out of bed until we came to get them or they wouldn't get their surprise & even though they went to bed an hour past their bedtime they were up an hour before they usually wake up. You would have thought it was Christmas or something. When we went to get them up David had pink streamers hanging from their door & sat us all down to explain the "Treasure hunt". He read the first clue, that he had written on eatable hearts (this is what took so long because everyone of them rhymed) and we continued to follow those clues through the house:

Starting with a note on the door, then to the baby bed, to the coat closet to the shoe rack, the piano

into Austin's room

the bathroom
the TV

the fireplace

to the coloring table and then to the closet (a game with a silly name had the clue)

and ended at the washer/dryer with a vase of flowers for each of us girls

We got little goodies at each clue ( I would have taken pictures of the clues but Zhara them) and ended sitting by the fire making silly faces

while Daddy made
pink, butterscotch heart shaped pancakes

a movie by the fire with Daddy favorite Disney movie, Robin Hood
That afternoon we went to the park and flew kites

Alyssa flew her Dora kite

Zhara flew her Miss Spider

After flying kites (which was short lived because there is not much wind in AZ) Daddy taught his girls about his favorite sport....baseball
That evening we made some cookies to take out & ended up at a new yogurt place that was giving away free yogurt.
By the end Zhara had had enough & was out for the count.
I am so thankful for my valentine who not only made me, as his wife, feel special & loved, but also his girls. Even though I'm pretty sure I got the order of the hunt wrong, it was the best Valentine's I have had because we spent it together as a family & there is nothing that touches my heart more than to see my husband show his love for our girls. Thank you David for an amazing Valentine's day. I love you and I am so blessed that you are my valentine for all eternity!