USS Midway and Valentine's Day

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to have Grandma Mills come stay with us. We love it when she comes to visit! It's a great excuse to get out and do fun things that we don't normally do. This time we decided to go and see the USS Midway, which is a huge aircraft carrier down on the water. It was a pretty cool experience. It's amazing how huge it is! They give you headphones during the tour, so you can hear information about all the different parts of the ship. I didn't do much listening, as I was trying to make sure that my kids didn't get into any mischief. I was glad that we were able to go, since it's something we've been wanting to do for quite awhile.

Cohen is at the point where he is no longer interested in being held. He just wants to crawl around and explore his surroundings.

Valentine's Day this year was really nice. Having young children during holidays is so much fun, because of how much they appreciate even the smallest gestures. I thought it would be fun to fix a festive Valentine's breakfast. I had bookmarked a recipe for red velvet pancakes with maple cream cheese topping and thought they looked and sounded so good. They did look good, but didn't taste so great. (At least to me they didn't, Addy didn't seem to mind one bit) We also had some delicious strawberry milk, which Addy thought was just great! In the evening we decided to do a family gift exchange. We picked a name a week or so earlier and then bought a small gift for that person. It turned out to be really fun and something that I would like to make a tradition. We also got Chili's to go (super classy, right?) and ate it on a quilt on our living room floor. It was delicious! I have decided that not having to cook on a holiday is my favorite thing! It takes away all the stress of having to cook and clean up after. Addy's present from Cohen was a long Rapunzel wig, which went very well with her newly mended Rapunzel dress. She loved it!

This is before Addy's preschool Valentine's Day party, which was the Friday before Valentine's Day. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the Valentine's she passed out to her preschool friends. I don't know who had more fun making them, her or me! It took me back to my favorite day of the year in elementary school, Valentine's Day. So much fun!