Happy Snowy Valentine's Day complete with Snow Dog Angels

My husband took me out for a wonderful Valentine's dinner the day before Valentine's Day at Spiro's so we could spend the day as a family on Valentine's Day with our darling Sophia.  One of our family activities of the day was taking the dog and Sophia out to play in all the snow.

We had a blast.  As you can see from the photos, not only did Sophia enjoy playing in the snow, our dog got into the fun too.  Sophia enjoyed picking up snow and making snowballs and tossing them on the dog and her daddy.  The dog was hilarious rolling around and kicking her feet in the snow making snow dog angels.  Sophia laughed so hard at the dog, I thought she was going to burst.  I don't think we could have planned a more fun early evening if we tried.

I also love that it was still snowing when the photos were taken because it actually shows up on the pictures as little sparkles.  Happy Snowy Valentine's Day February 14, 2010. 

Valentine's Day Candy and Surprises

Sophia had fun opening up her surprises from her daddy and I for Valentine's Day. Here are just a few clips of her excitement. I think she really loved the bear with candy hearts that her daddy surprised her with that day.

The heart in the hands photograph of the Valentine is where Sophia stamped her hands in red paint and then put them on construction paper in a heart shape. Then, we took the drawing of an outline of her hands and held the heart inside it.  Those who were at my wedding would realize the significance of hearts and hands and the reading that was said there which is why Sophia and I made this simple craft.

A girl has got to have her chocolate. Yummy. 

February 14, 2009 My Funny Valentine

Sophia has been sick and so we had a stay-at-home Valentine's Day for us.   I love this photo because Scott is showing Sophia the Valentine Heart filled with candy.  Sophia likes the sparkles on the front of the box.

  A special side note.  In the picture you see a little Valentine's heart over her shoulder.  Her grandfather, my dad gave her this sweet little stuffed heart and she loves it. You can tell her to go get the heart and she does.  She gives it kisses and hugs. It is just so cute the way she is so affectionate with her stuffed toys.   She knows what heart is.

February 13, 2009 Playgroup Valentine Party Goodies

Sophia was very sick and had to miss our playgroup Valentine's Day Party.  We were really bummed because we wanted to see all of our friends.  

One of the nice moms Jennifer was so thoughtful to run by the house and pick up and drop off Sophia's Valentine's.  She brought a huge smile to a sick miserable baby's face today.  Thanks again for being so thoughtful!  As you can see Sophia is checking out the goodies above:  play-doh, a kazoo, candy, marshmallows, and lots of Valentine's cards.

  I am sorry we didn't have more to share with the kids. Once I knew Sophia had the flu, I didn't get any food or anything extra to share because I knew we weren't going to go.

Wow!  What is this?  Thanks everybody this looks like fun.

Making some music!  

Yummy!  Thanks goes out to Sarah, Jonah, and Leah for the yummy treat.

February 2, 2009 Happy Valentine's Day from Grandma

Grandma is going out of town to the Caribbean and she will be gone on Valentine's Day so she brought Sophia a surprise early.  Here is Sophia standing here showing off her balloon and surprise.  She loved the balloon the best of all. She also has a bucket and a cute little plush dog and a card.  Grandma also got some Care Bear Valentine's for Sophia to hand out to her friends for the Valentine's party.  Sophia loves to watch Care Bears early on Sunday morning so Grandma searched high and low and found Care Bear Valentines.  

For the whole experience see the slide show below.