Valentine's Day

I know this is super late, but I want to write about it anyway. Joe and I have never been big Valentine's Day celebrators. I can't remember even ever sending a card or anything. I probably sent something while he was deployed because if you can't NOT send anything when your fiance is at war, but other than that I think not. 

But having a toddler changes all that. There's just so much cute stuff! I made the mistake of wandering the $1 aisle at Target shortly before Valentine's Day and I couldn't help myself. Lily loves to pretend to smell flowers, so I got her some of those big plush ones, some animal crackers as a special treat, and some real flowers to grow in our window. The cards were sent by family. 

We also made some Valentine's cards and sent them to random people we know. Really we were just painting one day and Lily was learning the names of all her different body parts and painting with them, so we of course made hand prints. And I cut out heart shapes. Bam. Instant Valentine. I don't have any pictures, so you'll just have to imagine how great they were. 

This last week we planted her plants! First you add the water...

... then you put the dirt in the pots...

... then you wait for them to grow!

Lily had a TON of fun mixing the dirt and the water. She also liked sprinkling the seeds in the pot, until she tried to eat one. Sigh.