Valentine Love!

I LOVE Valentines Day! I love the meaning of the holiday and the decorations and all the fun sweet treats! Now that I have a kiddo of my own I especially love celebrating all holidays in a special way. It is extra important to me now to have my house decorated and find ways to incorporate the meaning of the holiday into our day to day celebration.

My friend Susan and I have started getting together for a monthly craft day where we can make fun crafts. This month we decided to make cute Valentines Day crafts! We both searched Pinterest for different ideas and then met at Hobby Lobby to go shopping. We found a picture of that had the letters LOVE wrapped in 3 different shades of pink yarn so, we decided that we would make that our big project. We put our own little twist on the letters and think they turned out pretty darn cute!



We also made this cute little wreath! It was super simple and the best part is that when February is over the hearts can be pulled out and replaced with cut outs for the next holiday. We already made 4 leaf clovers for next month.



I made wanted to have decorations in every room of my house so I also made 2 different garlands to hang. We recently bought a new king size mattress but have decided to wait on purchasing a headboard so I thought this cute little garland would help fill the empty space and be fun in our bedroom!


And these cute little hearts are hanging in our living room across our entertainment center!

Love was in the air while we were crafting!

Cade and Carlee sharing a hug and kiss

In addition to my new crafts I also changed out pillows on the couch, picture frames, and hand towels to add a little extra something special!

Cade has been sharing the love all month long thanks to a few cute t-shirts that Grinna sent him!

Gregg had to work on Valentines Day this year so we decided to celebrate Monday evening instead. I had a crazy day at work Monday and was quite surprised when I got a phone call to the main office because I had flowers waiting for me. This beautiful arrangement from my 2 favorite boys helped to brighten my day and made my office so pretty all week!

I found an idea on Pinterest to make an All about YOU Valentine basket for Gregg. I have been shopping over the last few weeks for Gregg's favorite things as well as different things to represent what I love most about Gregg. I got him a card and wrote him a sweet message and then made tags for all the items that I put in the basket. I think the gift turned out perfect and enjoyed sharing these things with Gregg!

Sweet boy on Valentines Day

I enjoyed getting to make cute Valentines this year for Cade's teachers and friends at school. Time ended up slipping away from me and so I went for a simple printable this year but look forward to getting more crafty in the future!



We also hosted a Valentines Party for our Play Group at our house this month! I was super excited about this and really enjoyed getting everything ready for the cute little kids to come over and play. (I got great pictures of everything set up before the party but failed miserable at taking pictures during the party!)

Pretty flowers and LOVE letter to greet everyone

The plan was for everyone to come over right before lunch time. I decided to keep the menu simple and just do sandwiches for the Mamma's and chicken nuggets for the kiddies plus some fun sweet treats for everyone to enjoy!

Food table all set up

close up of food

Cade found one of the girls headbands and decided he wanted to wear it

All the kids brought Valentines to pass out at the party. I found these cute mailboxes at the Dollar store and bought some letters to put the kids names on the box. I then got some other stickers for the kids and we let everyone decorate their box to carry their Valentines in.

Precious (and cooperative) kids in their Valentines clothes
Cade, McKenzie, Max, McKensley, Connor and Matthew

We have had a most wonderful February so far and have enjoyed being able to celebrate our LOVE for our family and friends!