Valentines' Day

It was cold today! So this morning we broke our TV rule of "no TV until after lunch" and watched all the Valentines' shows on Disney live not on TiVo. During that the kids got their boxes of Necco Sweethearts. In the afternoon the kids shared a small heart-shaped box of chocolates while Joe ate his General Tso's Chicken. Then Giselle helped me make the cookie dough for the Stained Glass Cookies while Paul helped Joe make go-carts in The Shop. After the dough had finished chilling, both kids helped me make and bake the cookies. I started dinner while we finished up the cookies - Baked Garlic Chicken (thighs) with rice and mixed veggies. Then we opened the bottle of Andre Blush Champagne, toasted the day of love with the ones that we love the most, and then ate dinner. Afterwards, the kids got in their pajamas, brushed their teeth and waited in bed for me to come read them tonight's chapter. Tonight we read the last chapter of Little House In The Big Woods and then the first chapter of Little House On The Prairie. We usually read only one chapter a night but the last chapter of Big Woods is really short and I didn't want to leave us hanging until Friday night to start LHOTP.