Can you Feel the Love?

The Monday before Valentine's Day we had a little Family Home Evening and named things we love about each child.  Since Whit is staying with us while Ben and Suz are traveling right now, he got his own heart too.  It was sweet to hear what the kids said about each other.

Cat: I love her; I love her faith; I love how she does her hair; I love her songs; She's smart

Jack: He's so fast; I love how he always keeps trying; I love how funny he is; I love that he's willing to help a little bit; He's playful and cuddly like a puppy

Eliza: I love that she is my friend; I love how kind and smart she is; I love that she loves babies and children; I love that she's all about math; She plays with me a lot

Whit: I love how imaginative he is; I like how his favorite thing almost in the entire world is friends; I love that he's fun and playful; He has a funny laugh; He goes with the flow when he comes over

Luke: I love that he plays cards; I love that he loves to learn; I love that he's crazy; He is such a good reader; He's my little buddy

Tuesday night I made a Hershey-Kiss-shaped Rice Krispies Treat for each kid, with his/her name on it.  It was a fun little surprise for them on Wednesday morning but the treats were so big that none of the kids ended up finishing them, haha.  Many of them were hardly eaten at all.  But that's okay.

I picked Whit up from Kindergarten just before Luke's Preschool Valentine's Program was to start, so Whit accompanied me to Luke's school.  The program was adorable and deserves its own post, so I'll share more about that later.  But here's a picture of Luke handing out Valentines for the first time.

Then it was time to get the other kids from school and everyone was really excited about all of the Valentine's Festivities and, of course, the candy.  Whit was also really proud of this sculpture he made during his class party.  I wanted to commemorate the day with an appropriate movie, so I turned on the new Cinderella, which the kids weren't really excited about, but they hung out with me anyway, watching the movie with varying degrees of interest (though they never lost interest in their Valentine's candy).  Only Eliza managed to stick with me through the whole movie.  Atta girl.

Jack and I came up with his shark box together and we love the way it turned out!

For dinner we had pink heart-shaped waffles with fresh whipped cream and strawberries.  I also attempted to make heart-shaped bacon again and failed once more.  I will conquer it one of these years.

(And for the record, Cat and Ben were around too, more or less, but didn't make it into any of the pictures.  Cat has a different morning schedule than the other kids, and she had a regular full day of school so she didn't get to watch the movie with us.  Then in the evening she rushed to eat a few bites of dinner before going to the temple with the Youth.  Ben had been out of town for a few days and arrived home just in time to change clothes and go to the temple as well, then he and Cat got home around 8:45 that night.  What a day for everyone!)