Valentine's Day

Emma woke us early Valentine's morning ready for a day of fun! This was her 2nd Valentines Day and it was very exciting for us because her Daddy was deployed on V-Day last year. So I decided ahead of time that I was going to have very little rules for the day and just let her enjoy herself!

She began the day by munching on some grits (that's our country girl!) and playing in Maddie's water bowl. What a combo! (And yes, there are 2 hairbows in her hair. We have to do what we can when it's time to eat or else she has food ALL in her hair!)

I then made a yummy breakfast of heart-shaped french toast! I was so proud of myself because I am definitely NO Betty Crocker! Richard and Emma loved them!

Then it was time to play outside! Although it was rainy and chilly, Emma had a blast playing with her bubbles and picking the flowers!

After a drizzle she saw the rain coming down from the gutters. This fascinated her to no end. Here she's trying to fill up a popsicle wrapper with the water.

And after she discovers that she can fill up Maddie's water bown from the drain she's super excited to chase Maddie around and force her to drink the drian water! So cute!

She loved watching the birds fly around between showers, so...

...she and her Daddy decided to feed the birds! They got the birdseed and after making some fun crafty birdseed things, she threw the remainder of the seeds in the marsh behind our house.

This was a fabulous, low-key Valentine's Day and we wouldn't have wanted it any other way. We enjoyed some steaks and sushi for dinner (thanks Richard!) and hung out together for the evening. Emma was such a mess after her day playing in the mud...and super exhausted. I can only hope to have many, many more precious, priceless Valentine's holidays in the future!