Valentine's Day

We started Valentine's Day out at church, and it was a nice service this morning.  Madison was upstairs for the first service, and serving at KidPak for the second.  As usual, Nana and Mom were at the first service at KidPak, and upstairs in the main sanctuary for the second service.  It was a good morning at KidPak, with our story moving forward closer to the end.  Soon we'll change out themes, but this one has been nice.

We got home and you can see the Valentine's Day madness here.  Most of these decorations are from years previous, but the cards are new, and the conversation hearts are new too, of course.  Those would be gone in just two days, completely scarfed by the four inhabitants of this house.  Mom got a few items from me, including an Irish Christmas CD, a movie, and a few Crunchie bars, plus the Valentine's Day card I got way back at the beginning of January.  I got four ornaments from the White House Historical Association.  For many years, they've been releasing an ornament each year that goes with a President from the past.  I've got many, many to go.  But I added four new ones today from Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Herbert Hoover, and Theodore Roosevelt.  We already have one for Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Warren G. Harding and Harry Truman.  Anyway, they were nice additions.  Madison got Nana a heart with chocolate in it, as well as a card, and we got her a stuffed bear along with some extra chocolates as well.  

 Here's the puzzle that we were working on yesterday and today, finally complete.  We've had this puzzle for years now, and the last time it was completed was probably over fifteen years ago.  It definitely has a Valentine's Day theme to it.  But so does this:

We got a heart-shaped pizza!  We also made a cauliflower pizza to go along with this one, but this was a fun little treat this afternoon.  Afterwards, we made a care package for Mary Shannon, who was having a rough week.  Camille and her mom dropped by to talk with us for a while, having started the care package.  I drove over afterwards and we had a nice talk with them at their place.  Last time I was over there was Christmas, so it seems like I'm just waiting for holidays to visit!

Today's feature was "The Monkey Kingdom," which was a part of our ongoing nature series.  This was actually a really good addition to the series, maybe the most surprising.  We all enjoyed this one quite a bit. 

We get to sleep in a little tomorrow, although we do have a few appointments throughout the day, plus taekwondo.  Madison has off of school, so that works out well.  Tonight we read, and we prayed, and that frog sang his song once more.  It was a good Valentine's Day.