Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day turned out to be MUCH more exciting than I thought it would be. John went all out! He doorbell ditched the kids, leaving small Lego cars for the boys (that he helped put together after his Sunday meeting), and Littlest Pet Shop gifts for Xandri and I. He got Xandri a Princess Peacock, and me a... FLAMINGO, of course.

Here we are with our treasures:

Xanadu opened both mine and hers, because we didn't realize that one of them was mine. She got an extra hour of play time in with both of them. Hers is darling... it has a tiny crown and everything.

Here's mine. I wish I could explain what I find so incredibly delightful about flamingos, aside from their color and their absurdity... but I can't, so I won't.

Maxwell loves Lego, and he calls EVERYTHING his "guy." Max calls all real Lego minifigures are called "Luke" because he adores Starwars. He also is constantly looking for hats for them, biting the heads off the minifigures, biting the hands off of them, losing the heads, hats, hands, guns, etc., and then endlessly complaining that they are missing any of the aforementioned heads, hats, hands, etc. It's hard to be two, but it's harder to live with someone who is two. Here's photos of Max demonstrating "Luke"--who is trying to ride in his new Valentine's car:

Here Luke is very crusty because he's also ridden inside the bun from the picture before.

Asa was thrilled with his car.

And Jack...

...helped set the table, make the special clam chowder, and put his own car together. I also helped put his stickers on his car. That's what happens when you're the oldest. Note how carefully the table is red & white and Valentiney.

John got special gifts at his friend Ben Behunin's, who is a potter (and author). These two bowls were purchased near Christmas (and cleverly with cash so I wouldn't know what they cost, which is good because I'm starting to freak about not having any money). Here they are in all their glory.
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