For the past couple of weeks, love has been in the air at our house. I’ve been taping various love notes and the kids’ Valentine’s cards to our kitchen cabinet.
Valentine’s Day love notes
Look, I even got a lovebug yesterday!
Valentine lovebug
I surprised my kids by leaving them Valentine’s cards and chocolate on the kitchen table to discover this morning. I didn’t want to ignite any sibling rivalry so I made them exactly the same cards and gave them exactly the same chocolate.
My Valentine’s cards to my boys
Apparently they were very excited by my choice of chocolate and both ran upstairs after they saw it to say, “Thank you for the chocolate, Mama!” Gosh, I hope they share some of it…
Toblerone chocolate for Valentine’s Day
Finally, I posted the photo below on my photography website but I thought I’d share it here too. Whether you have someone special to celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, there’s always an opportunity to feel grateful for the people dear to you.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Marcel Proust quote – be grateful
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust
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It’s been a long time since my sons gave me a Valentine’s Day card. But that’s okay. I stopped giving them Valentine’s gifts a few years ago. :)
But now I want a Toblerone. Haven’t had one in a long time. Yum.
My mom brought some Toblerone at Christmas and we just finished it, so I thought it’d be a great surprise for the kids to find some more. And it was! I feel I should go back to Target tomorrow when all the candy is on clearance to stock up…
Good thinking!
I never pass on a good deal on chocolate!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thank you! And happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
Oh my! Those Toblerone make me jealous. Happy Valentines. Your boys (and you) are great. Love your notes to each other.
Thanks! As I suggested to Carrie, maybe you can visit Target or Walmart tomorrow for some chocolate on clearance…
Good idea.
What a loving mama you are!
The cards are just lovely as is your photo
Happy Valentine’s Day! :-)
Thanks, Tracy! My cards are not as fancy as yours, that’s for sure, but considering I created them at 11pm last night, I think I did OK.
You did great. :-)
Haha, thank you!
Beautiful!
Thanks, Julie! Happy Valentine’s Day!
This is the sweetest post . . . love it.
Thanks, Nancy! Toblerone is indeed very sweet. :-)
A sweet post, in more ways than one :)
Thanks, Tilly!
What? No beer contest? Oh, that is right. They are too young.
Haha, I’m so not ready for that! They did have a chocolate contest though, and my youngest won. ;-)
Chocolate contest is more my speed too.
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