Valentine's Day 2010

We had a great time celebrating Valentine's Day this year. Kate had a class party the Friday before and we all got to go in and party with them! I tried my hand at a heart-shaped cake this year...turned out good, and not too hard to do!

Serving up the cake. Sweet group of kids...look how patiently they were waiting :)

Kate adores her teacher, Mrs. Streit...We'll miss her next year when Kate goes to 1st grade! Just enjoying being with her now though...

Such a sweet group of kids. It's been a blessing to be part of this first class of kindergarteners at LLLC. They had registration a few weeks ago and have a full class of 15 lined up for next year, plus some on the waiting list! But this year's group of 4 are tight-knit and loving learning from Mrs. Streit. L. to R. Caden, Benjamin, Kayla and Kate

And, the best part of the party was our special guest Mimi!!! She came to spend the weekend with us. We haven't seen her since Christmas, so it was a sweet reunion :)

Hudson thought he was so big playing with all the kitchen stuff they have in their classroom. Look how serious he is about what he's doing.

And, speaking of thinking of being so big, Carter had the best time playing with Caden and Benjamin. Carter will be going to school here next year, two days a week in the three-year old class. He's already talking about being in school :)

Check out Hudson's ball-handling skills. Here he is working on his "no-look" pass. Josh says Hudson is going to be his "baller" :) Time will tell if he does wind up playing basketball, but for now he sure is one cool little kid. And don't miss the hat. He borrowed it from Carter and put it on himself, cocked to the side like that. He makes me laugh!

Speaking of a cool little kid, check out "Master Carter" fresh from the shower. He loves to wear his robe, and it makes us laugh every time.

Kate and Josh surprised me and Mom with homemade flowers on Valentine's! I loved Josh's creativity in coming up with this idea, and I know the time they spent together working on this craft was sweet. And one great thing about these flowers...they won't die!

Carter and his new boats.

Josh and I got to celebrate Valentine's Day with a date-night to Bonefish!! We had a great evening out, and the kids had lots of fun with Mimi :) Thanks Mom!!

Lunch is over, and Hudson has had enough fun. He's ready for his nap :)