Valentine's Day may as well be Christmas in our house, as far as morning excitement goes. The kids love to wake and rush to the dining room which they know will be decorated and have treats waiting for them. This year I scattered rose petals from the girl's room to the table....they thought this was so fun!
My dad has a tradition of delivering gifts to our porch before dawn. How fun it is to open the door and find red and pink packages waiting for us! I think it is sweet that he does this. He puts so much thought into each gift and it shows! He gets more happiness out of this tradition than even we all do receiving his gifts. This year, one of Jackson's gifts from Papa was handmade (by Papa with the help of Kaitlin). It is a ball, bat and helmet holder. My dad made one for Travis (my brother) when he played baseball as a kid. Special!
The photo of the girls with sleepy morning eyes, reading their cards from Walter and me makes me laugh just looking at it! Their expressions are priceless as they read what their daddy included in his note to them. For Kate: "If Grant (her crush) asks you to be his Valentine, I will crush him." For Liz: "If Stephen gives you another rose (he gave her a rose on Friday!), I will cut his hair off." Stephen has the best hair and Liz always talks about it. The girls read the cards and giggled "Daddy!!"
By the way, the race car driver gift bag on the table is for me and is classic! None of us care about race car driving, yet it is the bag the kids chose for my gift. Out of all the bags we have in our gift bag closet, why in the world would they choose this one?! Awesome. What was inside the bag was even more awesome and totally unexpected...a new, beautiful camera!!!
The photo of the kids is great, isn't it?! All my girls in pink and with beautiful smiles. We decided to let Jax in a shot even though he wasn't wearing pink : )
In our home Valentine's Day is about tradition and small acts that are special to us. It is only 11:00am and my heart is full and happy on this day of love. I hope your day is filled with love!
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