ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED.
Our Valentine's Day was a lovey dovey mushy huggy kissy cuddly sweet kinda day.
Hallie and I had the sweetest Tuesday to date. She and I were up and at 'em early preparing a super top secret daddy/daughter breakfast date. But someone just couldn't wait that long for the meal to be prepared so my little love bug got a head start.....
We decorated her small table and brought it into the breakfast room. Hallie helped make her daddy a breakfast sandwich and coffee with a couple orange slices. He was genuinely surprised and didn't even notice the smell of eggs or coffee coming from the kitchen while he got ready for work. We are stealth I tell ya. ;) They looked adorable eating together.....
Hallie brought her Cheerios to the table but soon decided that she wanted in on what dad was eating....
Surprise surprise, Riley's phone started ringing so he went outside to take the work call.....
My busy Valentine
Hallie had a hard time being patient while she waited for her date to return.....
Never leave your breakfast unattended around this girl
"Don't mind if I do"
Riley headed off to work and Hallie and I dashed around the house getting ready for a busy morning. We had a mission: to spread a little LOVE around town! We had been buzzing around the kitchen the night before preparing special treats for the people we LOVE.
I bet you can guess who had a hard time understanding that we couldn't eat all of treats ourselves.....
"Why make cookies if you can't eat them all?!?!"
We were dressed and ready in her outfit from Aunt B. We had the car loaded up. We had smiles on our faces and Valentine's Day cheer in our hearts. But most importantly, we had our treats packaged and ready to deliver......
Even Riley's employees got some LOVE from Hallie and I......
Delivery #1: My coworkers. Hallie brought along a Valentine card and a pink heart shaped container full of cookies for my friends at work. She was a bit more concerned about the plethora of therapy balls around the gym. She made a beeline toward the weighted balls and started knocking them on the floor. Pulling her away from these made for a not so happy Valentine. The guys at work sure had fun watching me chase her though. ;)
Delivery #2: Aunt Katie! She was so surprised as Hal came around the corner at her office with her purple antennas on. Aunt Katie sat her treats on her desk and Hal spent the rest of our time there trying to sneak one off of the desk. Lol. I tried to get a picture of Hallie smiling but you can see what she had her mind on.....
Delivery #3: Papa! She was absolutely, positively thrilled to see him. In fact, I couldn't get her to let go of him once he had to say goodbye and get back to work. She said hello to several people in the bank and then we had to walk with Papa out to the car because my little helper was threatening a stage 5 meltdown because she didn't want to leave him. She loves her Papa.....
Delivery #4: Dada. We walked up to his office to find that he wasn't there. I'm the dummy who didn't notice that his car was missing from the parking lot. We called to find out that he had been visiting one of his clinics and was pulling back into the parking lot. We met him outside to hand over his treat. There are really no words needed for how her delivery to Riley went.....
Naptime??
Our delivery operation had been a huge success so far.....
She was already tired mid-morning but I reminded her that we had one more delivery to go........
Delivery #5: Nanny and Carmen. Hal had already left her Valentine gift for Carmen with Aunt Katie but she made sure to share the last plate of cookies with Nanny. She may have stolen a couple bites off of the plate. Nanny just so happened to have a gift for Hallie waiting on the table.....
She was enthralled by the dog with floppy ears that danced to "Baby" by Justin Beiber. Ok, to be honest, we all thought it was pretty entertaining.....
Tearing into her surprise
Dancing with her doggy
Carmen wanted in on the action and wore Hal's antennas for a bit while she watched cousin Hal shake her groove thang.....
"Those are some sweet moves"
Hallie stayed at Nanny's house for about an hour and a half while I went to see a patient. She had demolished the playroom by the time I returned to get her. Fun was had for sure! Me thinks that Nanny felt blessed to have both of her Valentine girls around yesterday. ;)
I picked up some lunch on the way home and Riley met us at the house to have a quick meal. Taco Factory...so romantic. Hehe. My big surprise for Hal yesterday was our cookie and milk date. We sat at her colorful table and sipped on some strawberry milk and munched on some cookies. Finally she was able to fully enjoy the treats she passed out that morning. My sweetheart....she was so adorable sitting so sweetly at the table having a snack with me.
This was definitely the highlight of the day for me. She thought she was hot stuff with her big girl milk. Can you say DIVA??
Tell me again how to say "no" to this face....
"Well worth the wait..."
I think it's safe to say that our milk/cookie date was her favorite part of the day too.....
"Mmmmmm, simply delightful"
I was pretty impressed with her daintiness as she sat there at the table for a good fifteen minutes. She was doing so well drinking from her milk and hadn't yet tried to tip it up like her sippy cup (this is usually why we can't give her big people cups because she ends up tipping it up and it ends up everywhere.) It was only a matter of time though....
"Just trying to share mom..."
She was none too pleased that Emmi was enjoying her pretty milk. Emmi received a few "no, no, no"s while she slurped up the spilled milk. Who cares about milk though when Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on though!?!?!?! Lil Miss posted up on the floor with her favorite cartoon and her zoo in front of her.
It took me the better part of the afternoon to figure out why you were not interested in a nap nor ready for a nap whatsoever. Duh mom! Sugar, sugar, sugar!!! A morning full of treats left me with one wired little tot. She stayed up until 2:15 before laying down for a nap...unheard of! While she napped I finished a special treat I'd been preparing to surprise Riley with when he got home. She took a pretty crummy nap but was a sweetheart upon waking despite the less than adequate rest. At least one person got some rest yesterday though....
"I'm dog tired"
She humored me and posed with Grizzo before we headed to the park.....
Aunt Bee came along with us on our trip in the wagon....
The weather was a bit chilly but not bad at all. We had a ball at the park. She insisted on wearing her frog boots and left me laughing while she stumbled around the playground in them. She didn't seem to mind that she looked like a drunk sailor. She was ALL smiles!!!!
Ridin' side saddle
I have to admit I was a little surprised when I looked up and my daughter was holding this.....
Violence on the playground. Holy Moses, I about peed my pants when I saw her holding a gun! ;)
She was preoccupied by the neighbors house with three barking dogs and couldn't get her mind off of heckling them so we loaded up and headed back home. For the first time since we moved in she finally got to explore the side of the house and played in the driveway for a bit....
"I've still got a lot of explorin' to do"
LOVE!
Miss Independent
We came inside to thaw out a bit and she played with her new toy and got rehydrated from her VDay cup from Gman while I started prepping for dinner....
I couldn't decide what to make for dinner but knew I needed to come up with something. After all, Riley ditched his romantic side years ago and I knew he wouldn't have any plans. What to do, what to do......a heart-shaped pizza it will be! Perfect to go along with the heart-shaped cake. Hallie had dinner and I thought it was high time she was able to delve into one last treat for the day. We broke out the cupcake from Gman that had been waiting in the fridge. I'll just let the pictures do the talking....
Cautious at first
Taking charge now
She owned that cupcake
After dinner and a bath I surprised Hallie with her gift. She can thank me later when she has something new to watch in the car. I loved this movie as a kid and I'm sure she will too.....
My other Valentine came waltzing through the door around 7:00. We were beginning to think that cupid had kidnapped him and was holding him hostage. He came home to lots of surprises waiting in the kitchen....
Happy Heart Day!
The best way to say "I LOVE YOU!"
And just in case his sweet tooth wasn't so sweet that night I had another surprise waiting on the counter...
My coffee addict will have a much more efficient coffee making experience from here on out....
Dinner was still cooling off when Aunt Katie stopped by to deliver a Valentine for Hallie. She was excited to see another dancing/singing animal to go along with her dancing doggy. I can tell you that she has already almost worn out the buttons on their feet that make them sing. Thanks Katie, Luke and Carmen!
Hallie Grace fell into a deep deep sugar coma pretty soon after that...of course after brushing her teeth good and giving lots of hugs and kisses. Nanny and Papa stopped by and made my night with a new charm for my Pandora bracelet. The "H" is my new one......
The Valentine's fun didn't end on Tuesday. Hallie had an adorable bucket full of cards and treats from her daycare friends in her hand when I picked her up from daycare today. She was so proud of it and lifted it up to show me. It brought such a smile to my face seeing the sweet little gifts from the kiddos. It's hard to believe that my daugther is old enough to be getting Valentines. And it's crazy hard to believe that it's been a whole year since our first heart day with Hallie Grace. As long as none of them are from boyfriends I guess it's okay. ;)
I hope your heart day was filled with as much love as ours was.
Violets are blue
Roses and red
"lub ew mama"
Hallie Grace said.
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