Lots of love this week!

On Monday Austin asked me what we were going to do for Valentine's Day. I hadn't really planned anything because last week we did a Valentine's party with my mom (complete with making Valentine shoe boxes and passing out cards!) He looked disappointed so I thought I would put together a little something. Then I realized Brett and I hadn't really planned anything because we are trying to save money and we didn't really want to eat out. Just because we don't want to eat out, doesn't mean we can't have some romance at home! 


I decided to make the boys Valentine breakfast with cards and decorations. My goal was to make a big breakfast but I have a head cold so I ended up doing toast with jelly in the shape of a heart, an oatmeal cream pie, a granola bar, and chocolate milk. :) Here are some pics: 

For Brett I decided to to get him to help me put the kids to bed early and have a picnic in the living room. We were having spaghetti on Monday night and as I was cooking it, I thought "Man! This would've been perfect for tomorrow night!" (I was thinking of Lady and the Tramp!) I knew we would have leftovers so I just decided to go with it. I sent him an Evite at work about our picnic. My sister called me a little while later and said she could take the boys because her boyfriend had to work. Score! I changed the info on the Evite and he replied "Yes" and "I wouldn't miss it for the world!" :) Kara dressed the boys up and took them out on a "date" and I got ready for our picnic. I decorated the coffee table and when he got home we had spaghetti, bread, and tea in wine glasses. We watched Netflix streaming and ate Valentine candy. It was perfect! Kara brought the boys home right before bed bathed and in their pjs so we had the whole night off. I love spending time with my husband even when it's just leftovers and couch time. I'm thinking of making it a once a week thing. We can put the boys to bed a little early and have some alone time. We can eat and have adult conversation!  

I signed Austin up for HEARTS this week. (Seems kind of fitting for Valentine's week!) We decided to wait a semester to get used to the homeschooling schedule. I only signed him up for one class for now since it's during Logan's nap time and we have soccer practice that evening. He's going to take Olympics. His friends Allie Grace and Annie will be in the class too. I know he needs to learn how to control his talking out of turn and "wiggles" so I'm hoping HEARTS can help with that some. I've been making him practice standing still and not interrupting while I talk to him. I always wonder if he would be in trouble all the time if he had to go to school! He is such a wiggler and LOVES to talk! Next semester, we're hoping to take 2 or 3 classes. I think he is going to love it! 

We got our paint on Saturday! I'm so excited to get started but we have to wait another weekend. We're doing a yard sale this weekend. I'm kind of over having yard sales. The first one we had was awesome and we make over $200. Every yard sale we've had since then has been a bust. I feel like it's a ton of work for nothing. Brett really wants to have one so I'm trying to get the word out. Whatever we don't sell we're going to donate to Joanna's Team in Training Yard Sale they're having the next weekend. I have a feeling it's going to be a lot... :( We may try to start some painting after the yard sale. Next weekend hopefully we can get the baby's room done. I'll post pictures as we get it done!