Valentines Day 2015

Today after school was the best 'free time' we have spent at home in a long time!!  The kids were so excited to make Valentines for each other.  They busied themselves for hours, crafting Valentines for each other and Cal and I.  It was so, so sweet!  I loved listening to them, watching them and helping write those special sentences!!  They were hiding them from each other and Emerson was orchestrating gifts from Cal and the kids to myself and from the kids and I to Cal.  She's such a sweetheart :)  At one point in the evening, Reese showed me a picture she drew of her and I.  She said, "That's me and that's you Momma.  And that's a heart in the middle, because I love you."  *Cue the tears*

Emerson does not forget anything - she's like an elephant.  Every holiday, she remembers what we did in previous years.  I've been caught last minute a few time, like the year she woke up on Easter Sunday morning, so excited to see where the Easter Bunny hid the chocolates ... the Easter Bunny really had to do some last minute scrambling to hide chocolates ... now the Easter Bunny knows, he/she must hide chocolates each and EVERY year!!!  Today she was excitedly chatting about the card and chocolates Mom and Dad will give them this year, because they did last year! We like to buy a small gift for them, so she was not disappointed, I remembered ;)

On Feb 13 all three kids had Valentines Day parties at school.  So my Mom went to Preschool with Reese and I went to Blake and Em's school!  It will be so nice when they are all in the same school for a few years ;)   Thank you so much Grandma D for joining in Reese's preschool Valentine's Day party fun!!  They went sledding to end of the party and Grandma said Reese had a blast!!  I got to make punch for 70 Kindergarten kids and the ingredients the French Kinder teacher bought did not make the best punch ... the kids were definitely not crazy about it!!!  lol!!!  Too funny!  I told Mme. Sina that I will be responsible for the punch ingredients next Valentines Day ;)  Feb 13 was also Bishop Savaryn's Best at Blake and Em's school, so I got to take part in the assembly!  It was a lot of fun, with tons of singing!!  The school has a new music teacher this year and she is FABULOUS!!  Lots of singing with actions and being a Catholic school, she incorporates singing with praying!  It was fun and cute to see Blake and his friend Ryan waving to their siblings in Kindergarten!  I also stopped by Blake's classroom just before recess to spend some time with him :)  Great morning spent at Bishop Savaryn!!  Then Em and I met my Mom and Reese at McDonald's for lunch.  Great morning/afternoon!

Valentines Day was spent on the ice!!!  Not a big surprise in this house ;)  Blake and Cal headed to Terwilegar rink for their first game of the Stollery Family Day Classic and the girls and I headed to ringette for our mini-silver ring game.  The girls had a blast and did so well!!  Thank you Auntie Lindsay, Connor, Mason, Grandma and Grandpa for coming to watch! 

After ringette we all went out for lunch to Subway and then Em went with Grandma and Grandpa to pick out a new bike for her birthday and Reese and I went shopping for Em's birthday present!  Reese and I got stuck twice (it had snowed a lot the night before and the snow fell over a nice sheet of ice!).  Blake went with Cal to Bauer 1st Shift and Reese and I picked him up on our way home!  I made a yummy beef/shrimp terryaki supper and as usual at least 2 of 3 kids were not over the moon about dinner but they did enjoy the cupcakes for dessert ;)  It was a great day and Cal and I enjoyed quiet time after the kiddo's were in bed!! 

Here are some photo's from our Valentines Day:

Ready for school on the 13th!

Chocolate for breakfast on Valentines Day!

mmm mmm mmmmmmm!!

So proud of my little ringette players, they are doing so well :)