Happy Valentines Day!

It's Sunday night and the house is quiet. We have had a very busy week punctuated with a flurry of activity for our Valentine's weekend. We had our first meeting regarding Eli's gifted program, where we got to ask questions and discuss any concerns we might have had. We are anxious to get this finalized so Eli can start the program but he still has a meeting with the gifted teacher and school psychologist next week. The boys had their open house on Thur. and all 3 parents went from class to class together so the boys could show us their projects. Lucas read everything on his desk to us and we enjoyed having them with us while we went to their classrooms. On friday, Scott had his Lyme apt. while he was getting his IV's and we think we finally have an end date! (I'll post about that separately.) We also attended the 5th grade Hero's assembly to hear Noah's speech on Jonas Salk. After the speeches, we went to each classroom to spend a few minutes at their Valentine parties before Scott had to leave for treatment...and did I mention that Scott got his license back this weekend? Yay!

Noah did a great job with his speech and months of research on Jonas Salk.

Our friday nights are all about reconnecting, cuddling, tickling, laughing, catching up on the week and spending as much time together as we can. Since this was the last long weekend that the kids would have with grandma (before surgery) we tried to spend as much time with her as possible. We got Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizza's to bake for dinner and had a great family dinner at home. Lucas spent some extra time with Grandma helping her with her exercises and before bed we had a wrestling/tickling match that seemed to be just what the kids needed. They ALL participated...or should I say...ATTACKED us....

Friday night heart shaped dinner with red (heart) juice.


We took lots of photos with Grandma and the kids presented us with their school made Valentine's cards and gifts. By the way, this is Lucas' new photo face...he is trying hard not to blink and it always makes him look terrified...we tried to "adjust" it this weekend but he just couldn't do it...


Lucas has been a big help in getting Grandma stronger by being her exercise buddy.

On Saturday morning, I went to Krispy Kreme to get doughnuts for breakfast as a special treat. They had a special deal where you got a Valentine card/coupon for a free doughnut for each doughnut you bought...so I bought a dozen...and when Scott came home from treatment he ALSO surprised us with more doughnuts from Krispy Kreme...and more free doughnut coupons...so we enjoyed 36 yummy doughnuts all weekend long! We spent the whole day playing and hanging out and Autumn and I finally finished her purse. It took us about 4 hours total to make this project but we really like the finished product. It is super bright and very cool!

Since Scott's doctor cleared him to drive again (Yay! Yay!) he took advantage of the freedom and took his TEENAGER out to lunch on Valentine's Day. They both really enjoyed their Father/Daughter date and Autumn came home with earrings from the mall. She is getting her ears pierced next week and she is super excited. They also made a stop at another jewelry store...but I will save that for later... :)

When they got back from their date, we had her birthday party. Since it was Valentine's day, her theme was Hearts & Love. Daddy gave a little speech about his teenager (this still freaks him out) and we toasted her with our fizzy peach kids wine.

I made her favorite confetti cake and put two hearts on top. The boys helped her blow out the sparkler candles and gobbled up their cake. It was a sweet little party and we just can't believe our little Autumn is a teenager!

Happy Birthday sweet Autumn!