Valentine's Day

Like most holidays these days, our Valentine's day celebration spanned a good part of the weekend.  Thursday the kids had their classroom parties followed by a school dance that evening,  (Which, I was leery of attending because last year we all got sick that night -- though not because of the dance ...  it just brought back bad memories!), Friday we made chocolate covered pretzels with my sister and her kids, Saturday we exchanged gifts with the kids, and Sunday, Scott and I were treated to an afternoon out thanks to friends who offered to have ALL of the kids over for a playdate followed by a pizza dinner for both families.  Whew!  And now here we are on a snowy President's day (okay ... a few days later...) and very little on the agenda for the day.  The girls have played little legos almost ALL day, Teddy and I shoveled the driveway (which is a pretty big task) and that's about it.  Tomorrow it's back to our regular schedule!

Millie's party

At the dance

 There was not a whole lot of dancing going on ... mostly running around the gym chasing/being chased by the boys ;)

Singing a little "ABC's" before making pretzels

Yes, there is a pretzel under that mound of chocolate and sprinkles...

Peyton was not stingy with the sprinkles!

Our afternoon out took us downtown to do a little exploring in what is essentially a junk yard for salvaged home materials and to Cherokee Street to do a little antique hunting.  We didn't buy anything, but it was fun to walk around together in stores that are DEFINITELY not child friendly.  We used to go to antique shops all the time before kids, but haven't really been much since.  It was a VERY cold afternoon with snow on it's way, and it was a Sunday, so only about half the shops on Cherokee Street were open by the time we made it down there.  We happened to be right near where we got married, so we drove by and pulled over for a few quick pictures of the site of the best.wedding.ever (yes, we are biased.  I hope every couple thinks their wedding was the best wedding ever!)

The warehouse holding salvaged materials is to the left there -- no lights and no heat!  We did our research though and came prepared with a flashlight.

 Ten and a half years later ....