Valentine's Day Sleepover

Jonas came to our Valentine's Day sleepover dressed in his lion suit, shades of Where the Wild Things Are.  He did not, however, get sent to bed without eating anything.  He ate quite hardily.  

Lilly and Lucy dressed more in keeping with the holiday, but they had no problem keeping up with their lionish cousin.

 For supper we had macaroni and cheese topped with heart-shaped hotdogs and apples and grapes with peanut butter dip

 and heart-shaped doughnuts for dessert.

 We hunted for hearts filled with goodies, and maybe some of us ate a few of the goodies.

We built towers out of candy hearts.

We camped out in the living room.  Breakfast was leftover doughnuts, bacon, pancakes, and strawberry muffins.  After breakfast we had a treasure hunt, following clues to find boxes of candy.  It was a fun Valentine's Day and I hope everyone felt very loved.

January

In January we welcomed 2014, some of us with great enthusiasm,

 
and some of us with a little less enthusiasm but with a beautiful smile.

We had the plumbing in the house redone, which was noteworthy but not picture worthy.  

I earned enough amazon gift cards to buy a steam mop, also not picture worthy but very noteworthy and one of my new favorite things.  I am mopping the floors regularly now, which is almost a miracle. 

We got the gas fireplace fixed.  Since January was very cold, it was a blessing to have the extra heat.  It looks nice, too.  For some reason, just seeing the fake flames makes me feel warmer.