Valentine's at the Long House

It's funny to see the differences in the two kids personalities. It comes out at various times - how one will be passive about things not going their way, while the other completely falls apart. How one will be so into one activity, while the other could care less. Or in the latest example, how one will completely delve into their Valentine cupcake...

...while the other will daintily pick at it.

The results being typical - J covered with frosting and A with a few sticky fingers...

Valentine's day was a good day in our house - we started the morning with cupcake and decoration making, then met some good friends at the local children's puppet theatre for a showing of Beauty and the Beast, lunch out, naps, and then finally a yummy dinner of grilled fillet's, twice-baked potatoes, steamed artichokes, grilled asparagus, and finally (as evidenced above) pink valentine cupcakes.

The kids were thrilled to open their little goodies - a few treats from friends, cards from relatives, and their gifts from mommy and daddy.

D didn't disappoint either - he had the kids each make me a valentine while I was at the grocery store to surprise me with (although A can't keep a secret if her life depended on it - so I sort of knew it was coming...), and then a few mommy treats (including a decadent book on how to cook with chocolate, a box of gourmet pralines, and a new cookie press - that may not sound valentine-ey to you - but something I've been drooling over at Williams Sonoma.)

Other than the kids both starting up with runny noses and coughs (AGAIN) it was a good day, and a wonderful evening.