Valentine's Day

It is funny to see how our Valentine's Day festivities have evolved over the years. From extravagant gifts (newly married), to small gifts (real life setting in), to nothing (being students), to kid friendly (family life). But today we had fun and I wanted to document it. We started the day with pink pancakes and then had a pink smoothie later in the day. Rylee loves pink so you can imagine how much she enjoyed it. Last year Cole took Rylee on a date and I took Cade on a date and it went over really well. We wanted to do something similar this year but one on one dates are no longer an option with a growing family so we changed it up. Cole and I planned a little scavenger hunt for the kids. We used one of the buildings on campus that Cole has access too. They had to find little pink hearts with clues on them that told where the next clue was.

And then they were off...

Some hearts were harder to find than others...

Cade enjoyed being able to read some of the words on the clues.

The last one lead to the room where Cole teaches most of his classes. They had a message there...

They found their loot!

Then there was a surprise last clue for mommy to look under the piano bench....

Haha-needless to say we had a fun, frugal, family Valentine's evening. Happy Valentine's Day!!