Won't You Be Mine?

Before we get to the activities of Valentine's Day itself, I need to show you a little bit of the preparation work. . . Calvin had so much fun making Valentines for his class and teachers.  This is the work in progress:

 And here are the finished robots!  Calvin did all of the cutting and candy-picking (I helped with the hot-glue, but he really did the rest himself!).  He wrote messages like "B Mine" , "U R A *" , and "U R GR8". . .

 . . . and one special robot got an "I <3 U" message.

 He wrote all of the "To" and "From Calvin" on the back of the each.

 And Ms. Minshull got the remote to control all of the these crazy robots. . . if only it were so easy to turn down the volume and attitude!

 They told all of the kids to dress in their best clothes for Valentine's Day, and there is my handsome boy! (This hand-me-down suit has gotten some good use this year!)

 In his classroom, he made his butterfly pouch, and boy was it overflowing with Valentines from his friends!

 Here are his adorable classmates blowing kisses on the big board!

 Party Time! So many yummy treats, where to start?

 Calvin with his special friend, Allee (the recipient of the I <3 U robot):

 Look who came to crash the kindergarten party?  All of Calvin's friends were excited to see the little girl they had lovingly made "Get Well" cards for a couple weeks ago.

 

She was definitely eye-ing all of Calvin's goodies. . .

 . . . and ultimately, being the good big brother he is, he shared.

 And Miss Violet was pretty pleased with the way things turned out!

No, that's not blood coming out her nose, it's red velvet cupcake. (By the way, did I tell you we cancelled her next palate repair that was scheduled this July? You couldn't pay me enough to put her through another surgery that soon.  We'll just keep right on "embracing" the lovely foodstuffs-out-the-nose trick for as long as we have to!)

 

Next it was time to read all of those wonderful Valentines!

After school, the kids were also spoiled with plenty of treats from the grandparents.  As usual, Grandma Jo knows you can't go wrong with M&Ms, especially when we're talking about Vi.

 Then we enjoyed a delicious steak dinner, me and my best Valentines in the world!

 Oliver treated us to some yummy Oreo truffles he made with Grandma Cheryl for dessert.

I had a wonderful Valentine's Day celebrating with the ones I love. . .

. . . especially this one. My favorite Valentine for 16 years and counting!