valentines day

valentines went a little differently than expected

because the night before henry and eleanor both woke up vomiting

which was a bummer because they had to stay home from school and miss their parties

but luckily they were already feeling a bit better by the next morning 

we wrote them little love notes and gave them a couple treats

jude loves suckers

i set up a fancy lunch for henry and eleanor

to try to ease the pain of missing their class parties

they loved it

and henry kept saying it was the best day ever

eleanor started getting warm and i convinced her to take a nap in the afternoon

when noah got home i left to pick the girls up

and olive was SO happy to have me come to her party for a little bit

i think it made up for missing last years valentines party

 that i didnt know parents were supposed to go to 

she was supposed to dress like the 1950s

we did our best

checking out hazel and olives loot from school

i told michael not to get me flowers and that we would just have dinner at home

to save money since we had just booked our trip to Paris

but he insisted on buying dinner so i didnt have to make it while taking care of sick kids

and he surprised us with sodalicious and cookies

so sweet! and he wrote me the sweetest love letter that i love so much

somehow noah had a middle school band concert scheduled for valentines night

so michael and i went while hazel watched the kids

hot date!

they did great and it was fun to see noah in his element at school

michael and i stayed up late talking and spending time together

and despite all odds it ended up being one of our favorite valentines days together anyway