Tuesday was Valentine's Day. Our family was blessed with multiple days to celebrate this "lovey-dovey" day. Late last week James' mom mailed homemade, heart-shaped sugar cookies along with a Valentine's card for each of us. Malachi was super excited to be able to actually read the card himself and we all enjoyed the yummy treat. Friday afternoon Malachi got out of school early and I had us packed up to head to KC for a quick visit so the kiddos could meet their new cousin, Sylvia. And of course, visit the rest of the family. Right when we got into town, we headed to Nebraska Furniture Mart because my mom was working then. She proudly introduced us to her co-workers and then treated the kiddos to See's Candy where they each picked out some gourmet suckers for V-day. I was pretty happy they didn't go nuts inside the store =)
We then made our way to my sister's house. Malachi was anxious to be able to hold the new baby; he simply adores babies. He was playing "peek-a-boo" and trying to talk "baby talk" to her. Then the time came that he was seated on the couch with pillows under his arm and precious Sylvia was placed in his arms. His smile was priceless (I was too busy making sure I was right there to grab her if needed so I didn't get a pic =( ) The cousins enjoyed playing together and then we went to spend the night at my parents' house. Early Saturday afternoon we met up with one of my cousins and her boys to have a play date at McDonald's. It was so nice to catch up a bit while the kiddos ran around. Afterward, we headed back home.
Monday night Malachi finished up all of his Valentine cards for his classmates. He wrote all of their names and signed his name to each. Fortunately, I had him start on this project a few days before because the task of writing so much might have been a little daunting for the guy.
Valentine's Day ended up being quite busy, but fun. After dropping Malachi off at school, Isaiah, Samara and I went to MOPS where the mommies decorated sugar cookies for their families and made little coupon books. It was wonderful to relax and chit-chat with other gals. The kiddos made heart Valentine's so they were quite thrilled to show me. For lunch, I made heart-shaped PB&J and then for snack we had some Valentine cookies along with a juice box (a treat at our house!) Since Malachi insists on James and I taking turns going to his special school functions, it was James' turn to go to the Valentine's party. The class ate cupcakes and passed out their Valentine gifts/cards. A girl's grandma made such a special gift for all of the kids. It was a "Tooth-fairy pillow". It was a blue heart pillow and in the middle was a smaller heart pocket with red trim around it that will hold the tooth. Malachi insists on keeping it by his real pillow for when the anticipated day comes when he loses his first tooth. When I asked how his party was, the first thing he said was, "I didn't eat a lot of candy." LOL...that was going to be my second question! Instead, he brought home a gallon jug full of candy. Maybe that will last until Halloween ;-) Our dear elderly neighbor across the street brought over a Valentine's goodie bag that also included treats for George. We are very well stocked on sweets!
Yesterday it was obvious that Samara was not her usual bubbly self. She kept the same PJ's on all day (yes, no dresses were worn). All day she lounged around and didn't talk much. She had some diarrhea and complained her tummy hurt. Late in the afternoon, I let her soak in the tub (she normally takes showers now) and then I painted her nails. Afterward, she wanted to watch a movie in my bed so we cuddled and around 5:30pm she fell asleep (you know she's sick then!) I tried to wake her to eat, but she couldn't stay awake. Finally at 7:30 she came downstairs and wanted to eat some cereal. I let her stay up a little later than normal since she took such a late nap. Fortunately, she slept really well last night.
Today, she has already changed out of her PJ's into the Mr. Incredible's suit and is playing with her dollies so she must be on the mend. YAY!!!
I am sorry to read that Samara was sick;she is such a dear heart,
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