We had the best day yesterday! It didn’t start out perfect though. I woke up to Nathanael crying because he had wet the bed. 😦 I cleaned him up, which he hates, and then I cleaned his bed up too, and then we went to the kitchen to get breakfast ready! Joshua was still sleeping but woke up then, and had a very dirty diaper. Yuck. So I cleaned that up. Then Lane got home from his Tuesday morning men’s Bible study, and so he made pancakes while I cut up strawberries. Since it was Valentine’s Day we were supposed to have heart-shaped pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream on top, but I forgot about the heart-shaped part, so they were just regular round pancakes. They boys didn’t know the difference, and they were super excited for the strawberries!
After breakfast Lane went to visit a church member, and I sat down to do my Bible study, but the boys were being really rowdy and fighting with each other. I got tired of the distractions and turned on a Bible movie for them. That worked for about 10 minutes, and then Nathanael had to go potty and Joshua followed him back there. Most of you moms out there probably understand why I can’t let Joshua go with him to the potty. At 19 months old, Joshua will play with toilet water, unroll the toilet paper & try to flush it all down the potty, put toys in the potty, etc. He can NOT go with his brother to the bathroom unsupervised. Never, ever. So yeah. It took me over an hour to read 2 chapters in the Bible and jot down some notes, but I finally finished!
Then it was bath-time for the boys, but I then realized that it was already 11:00 and we hadn’t made cookies yet! Lane got home and I asked him to watch the boys while I folded the boys’ clothes so they’d have their good clothes ready for tonight after their naps. Then I started the cookies, planning to let the boys help cut and decorate them, only I forgot that I have to let them chill in the fridge for an hour before rolling them out. So, we just had lunch and put the boys to bed. And I did the cookies while they were sleeping.
Lane ended up helping me with dinner! While we were in the kitchen, he came in and said, “Do you want to listen to Michael Buble’?” Um, YES please! We ended up dancing around the kitchen together a little while we cooked. I have a romantic husband sometimes! 🙂
While Lane worked out, I took the leaf out of our table to make it smaller and more intimate. Then I put the tablecloth on and trimmed the flowers. I found the candle holder and grabbed a candle from elsewhere in the house. I put them on a plate and looked for some little clear glass stones to put on the plate, but apparently I’m out of those. So I had to get creative. I found some pink ribbon in my craft box, so I curled up a bunch and covered the bottom of the plate with it. Not exactly fancy, but it was cute!
I put the heart coasters on the table and even got small glasses out for the boys. I thought they might break them, but they did really well! I was so proud! I put wine glasses out for Lane and I to have some sparkling grape juice in. When the food was ready, I made each person’s plate and set it on the table with their silverware.
I think the table looked great! And my guys were READY to eat!
The dinner was tasty, and the boys did great with real plates, and even with eating their personal casserole out of the glass bowls. I couldn’t even finish my plate because I was so full, and then it was time for cookies! I passed out everyone’s BIG cookie that was decorated just for them, and snapped a picture of each one:
Yummm. I couldn’t finish my cookie either, LOL. I only ate half of it and I felt like I was going to go into a sugar coma. (Exaggerating, but I did feel crazy weird!)
We did a minimal kitchen clean-up and moved to the living room to relax. We looked on Amazon Video for a cute romantic movie and ended up settling on Runaway Bride. We watched the movie, and at the end when all the fun music plays, we all slow-danced in the living room. It was hilarious because Joshua was grabbing my legs so hard and our dancing was incredibly awkward, but it was sweet, and special, and fun!
I seriously think this is the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had, and I’m sure it was because I went into the day wanting to do something special for all 3 of my Valentines, rather than hoping anyone did anything for me. I could tell that my husband, and our boys, were super blessed by it! And of course my husband was great too–taking care of the boys, helping prepare the meal, sweeping the kitchen floor, and who could forget the Michael Buble and dancing in the kitchen? Ahhh, I am blessed!
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