Week 49 at Home: Happy Heart Day!

Valentine's Day...a day full of love...what a great way to start the week off on a high note! The kids got some cuddly and yummy goodies, Scott bought me beautiful flowers, and Ava and I made a nice dinner for everyone on Saturday night. It was a wonderful weekend filled with good family time spent together.

A table full of treats...

G left us these two notes on our bedroom door...one about the notes I had been leaving them, and another to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday - ha!

The end result of the daily love notes I left for G...

...and Ava

We also made "Love Lattes" a.k.a. pink hot chocolate - yum!

Rare spotting of these two kiddos playing nicely together...intense Minecraft game!

Wolfie was hanging out on Ava's leg, just watching her play on her phone

We still have part of our Italy Universal Yums box to finish up, and just this week, the Ukraine box showed up...new treats for days!

Thumbs up to snuggle time!

This was a pretty quiet week, so I don't have too much to add. We stayed warm, G had fun at school, Ava enjoyed her long weekend, and now it's back to the weekend...hooray!

Scott is busy painting the laundry room (in case you're interested, it's "White Rain" by Benjamin Moore...so relaxing and pretty), and tomorrow he's hoping to install the white cabinetry in there. Should make it even more fun to do laundry, haha. At least it'll have more storage space and a longer rod to hang clothes to dry. I actually am really excited about that part! I'll post pics when done. But until then...have a wonderful week!

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