Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine Highlights that perfectly capture this season of our life.

Ordered special valentine cookies from Lyndsie in January--go me!
I even ordered extra so that each kid and Jared could have their own mini-pack--go me!
I decided against making homemade chocolate chip cookies for all the kids' friends, and instead went with valentine candy from Walmart.  Cami and I stuffed all the valentine candy into individual bags and tied them with red ribbon a full 6 days early--go me! 

Feeling pretty good about things.

Wednesday morning, everyone is all smiles. What could possibly derail this fabulous day? 
9:00 am: Cami is smiling and happy when I leave her at school.
11:30 am: Cami throws up at school...on the floor.  Ugh. 

My bubble has now burst.

The next day was the 14th and Lila's Friendship Party at school.  Thank goodness her daddy was able to come home for an hour so that the Room Mom could make it to the party.  And thank goodness we found this Valentine box in the top of her closet the night before!  

Mrs. Bhakta loved the gift from the class that I helped them create.  I had come up to the school earlier that week and asked each child to write a sweet message about their teacher.  Most of them put really heart-felt things and some went the funny route.  She appreciated it so much.  Good thing, because this "little project" ended up taking at least 6 hours to complete!  I should have just done it for her class, but instead did it for all 5 third grade teachers.  Why?  I have no idea!   

Lila was so thankful that I made it to the party and enjoyed the afternoon with her friends.

Her class is so well behaved...sorta rare these days, but I'll take it!

I made a nice dinner for the fam, which everyone except Cameron was able to enjoy, then we headed up to PSA for Jackson's playoff basketball game.  It was a repeat against the Hawks, which was the team they played in the last game of the regular season.  That was a super-intense game and the Mavericks barely won at the end.  We knew the Hawks would be looking for revenge and these boys were ready!  They won much bigger on the 14th, earning them a spot in the championship game a few days later.  Go Mavs!

Nothing says Happy Valentines Day quite like one sick kid and a basketball game at 8 pm, but it's how we roll these days.  Living the dream!