Valentines....

Our little sleepy heads on Valentine's morning....

We woke them up with a few little Valentine goodies!

Party Time at Shiloh!!

a little guessing game...

Owen's Valentine Bag....decorated by Owen!

....and he crashes from all the sugar....with a sucker paci in his mouth!!!  this pic will definitely resurface during his high school years!!

We ended our Valentine's with a ROMANTIC family dinner at Chic-fil-a!!!

Ava Kate was terrified of the "cow", so she spent most of the time trying to hide from him or asking where he was.  I think we took 15 trips to the bathroom because she thought that was a good way to get away from "the cow"!

my boys in their matching shirts....soooo handsome!

And just when they thought the Valentines treats were over, Gigi and Papa Bart came in town for a weekend visit and delivered more!!  

Valentines...

Our Valentines became a little crafty this year with Owen's new super hero obsession and a little help from pinterest!

It was a little time consuming, but Owen was ALL about it and loved every minutes of it!

The finished product.... Super Hero Suckers!

And we couldn't leave Miss Ava Kate out....

Her valentines were a lot less involved but just as much fun!

 The finished product...

We kicked off all the parties the Tuesday before Valentines with Owen's school party at Shiloh...

eating "real" pizza and loving every minute of it...

A craft project, a game, snacks, and a valentine exchange all packed into 30 minutes!

exchanging Valentines with his buddy Knox...

My babies sporting pink in red on Valentine's morning...

 They woke to streamers hanging from their doors and the hallway filled with balloons!  And I'm pretty sure this was their favorite part of their entire day...who would have thought!

 a few Valentine surprises before heading to school....

Valentines morning...

With all the school parties, Josh and I decided to take the "divide and conquer" approach at daycare.  So...Josh went to Ava's party and I went to Owen's.  The only problem...Josh forgot to take pictures!

All the boys were obsessed with the fun dip and their colored tongues....

A little craft time....

The many faces of my silly boy....

We finished the day with a candle light dinner at Chick-fil-a!

The chick-fil-a cow handed out flowers to all the kids...

 A flower from my sweet boy...

Daddy's girl....

they also had live music....

Valentines continued...

Toy Story Valentines and Suckers...

Valentine's Day kinda snuck up on us this year.  Owen didn't start back to daycare til the end of January and he moved up to the 3 year old class with all new friends.....so when it came to valentines we were just getting settled into our new routine and Owen was just getting to know everyone.

We didn't get around to doing Valentines until the day before and Josh and I had a meeting that night.  So.... I pulled the class "list" that afternoon and wrote all the kid's names on the Valentines so Owen and Beema could add the finishing touches that night.  As you can tell from the pics, the suckers were Owen's favorite part!!

When we were doing Valentines (the day before) we realized that Owen's name had been left off the "list".  It made me a little sad to think that he may not get any Valentines, so we sent a few from mommy, daddy, and Ava Kate.....but it turned out that we had nothing to worry about.  He got a TON of Valentines and was excited about each and every one of them.  

When he got home from school that day, he showed us every Valentine and had to lay them ALL out before we could go to dinner!  It was so cute!

That night we enjoyed a very romantic dinner at Chick-fil-a! 

Owen was fascinated by the Cow.  He tried to get his attention throughout dinner by yelling "hey cow" and then he would "moo" at him.  He was really confused about why the cow was not mooing back..Ha!

We ended the day with a few Valentines from mommy and daddy.