Be My Valentine

Our week has been a lot better.  I knew that Nicholas was looking forward to Valentine’s Day.  Daniel, on the other hand, is still trying to figure out what all these greeting cards are about. 

I made the boys eat breakfast before I presented them with their cards and gifts.  Both were very excited to see what they got.  

Unfortunately, Daniel had trouble understanding that he was only allowed to eat one thing right then.  He had a minor meltdown until he realized that he still got to eat candy. 

I guess this will help ease my pain.

Nicholas and I still had schoolwork to do today.  He didn't quite understand why we were doing school on a holiday.  I told him this isn't that kind of holiday.  I did make sure we weren't overloaded though.

After school was done, we decorated cookies – even Daniel!  I frosted Daniel’s ahead of time, but let Nicholas frost his own.  Daniel started out decorating the cookies, but soon found the sprinkles too irresistible to resist.  

Then, he decided to eat the cookie – frosting first!  

Nicholas decided to start with just a few sprinkles, but soon decided that dumping them on would taste so much better.    

Don’t let the amount of cookies they are decorating fool you, they only got to eat half of what was on their plate.  I figured that they should cut back a little since they did eat a pack of M&Ms after breakfast. 

Do you have to keep taking my picture, Mom?

Overall, I think both boys enjoyed the day.  Evan and I enjoyed a nice dinner at home and we have a low key evening planned, which probably involves a DVD for him and a book for me (but in the same room).  I'm kind of low-maintenance.  I'm just happy to share the day and evening with the ones I love.