Valentine's Day Celebrations

Didn’t you just love Valentine’s Day as a child? I loved decorating a shoe box with construction paper, hearts and glitter, filling out carefully picked Valentine’s for friends, sampling chocolate hearts until I found one filled with strawberry, and reading all my cards at the end of the day. I also loved my mother’s beautifully decorated and delicious “red” themed meal, including lasagna and pretzel jello salad.  One year in elementary school, my cousin and I even threw our very own Valentine’s Day party- following of course the American Girl party guide and wearing coordinating Limited Too sweaters.

I love being a teacher and experiencing excitement of holidays again through children. I never tire of making my students Valentines, decorating my classroom with hearts, icing sugar cookies, and watching the kids pass out their special Valentines. 

David and I celebrated Valentine’s by going out to dinner at Favazza’s on the Hill. (Thanks Uncle Matt & Aunt Patti for the gift certificate! The baby and I enjoyed amazing filet mignon!) While waiting for the meal, David completely surprised me with a beautiful set of pearls! (I just gave him jelly bellies:)  Our lovely evening was romantically with topped off with plumbing problems in our house, with water leakage in the basement. No fun! 

This is me at 17 1/2 weeks (technically into my 5th month.) My belly is growing- I now feel like I'm starting to look a little pregnant.