We took advantage of both kids being at school on Wednesday morning to go on a brunch date for Valentine's Day. We went to Port Jefferson, had brunch at Toast Coffeehouse, walked around the harbor a little and even bought some books at Friends of the Library Used Book Shop- for ourselves and for the kids.
In Port Jeff, by the water
Best husband ever.
Toast Coffeehouse
Both of my little ones enjoyed love day at school with treats and art.
James gave out glow-in-the-dark bug stickers haha
And he wrote one personal Valentine to a girl. Woo.
Miranda gave out Skittles and relished her swag
Excited!
Flowers kids and I picked out. I like blue daisies.
Card from James
Card from Miranda
James made a hat at school
Valentine's Day run
Going through his swag
We got our little Valentines a book each and a box of chocolates.
I'm not a "Pinterest mom" but I saw some people decorating their kids' doors, and it seemed simple enough. It was actually fun to do James's door because he's old enough that I could write funny notes and inside jokes on his hearts. I stuck to doing drawings on Miranda's hearts.
James's door
Miranda's door
James's valentine to Miranda!
James had a lot of fun collecting Valentines at school, and shared his ring pops (from the bus driver) with Miranda.
Ring pop joy!
James liked his door decorations so much that he decided to decorate the door for me and Kevin with things we might like. Miranda helped too- note the two things taped low on the door.
Master bedroom door
Our hallway is a lot of fun now!
Kids enjoying cards and stickers from Grandma and Great-grandma
On Monday, I got to visit James's classroom along with some other moms to help the kids make two Valentine's Day crafts. It was great messy fun. I love how happy James is when we go to his classroom.
Olivia's mom Emily helping with Valentine's Day mailboxes
Me helping with butterfly heart crafts
James's Valentine's mailbox
Vince's mom Rosa helping with butterfly crafts
Kyle's mom Erica helping with the butterfly craft
Selfie while James is working on his craft- hahaha.
James's butterfly
Mr. J reading The Night Before Valentine's Day to the whole class
Kyle, James, Aidan, and Aidan's little brother Dylan
We celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday night even though it's pretty clear at this point that Kevin despises Valentine's Day because it generally intrudes on his birthday on the 15th. As my brother David and his fiance Melanie accidentally pointed out, this was our 10th Valentine's Day together! And our 5th as a parent... relatedly thanks for babysitting Grandma!
For our 10th Valentine's Day, we had dinner at The Fifth Season in Port Jefferson. Even though I'd been there before for drinks, this was the first time I had a full dinner there. It was a prix fixe and every course was good. So were my two crazy martinis: coconut and later Snickers. After dinner we went to see the Stony Brook Chamber Ensemble play Haydn Quartet Op. 77 no. 1, and Dvorak Bass Quintet No. 2 op. 77 at Three Villages Church in Setauket. It was a lovely evening.
We're wearing black, yo.
View of the harbor in Port Jeff
Stony Brook Chamber Ensemble
Sunday was the 14th, and we wore red, Kathy and the kids made Kevin a cake, and we celebrated Kevin's birthday. More in the next post.
Here's the red! Happy Valentines Day!
Oh did you want to know what we did every single time? Here you go:
James had a winter concert, "Winter Song Night" at school. This was our first nighttime school event ever! There was a lot of excitement. James wakes up EARLY no matter when we put him to bed, so this event was running right through his bedtime, and Miranda not only goes to bed early, but is currently sleep-training... again. But a school concert! So fun and worth it!
Singing Lyla, Myla, Dillon, Rebecca, Ellie and James!
I LOVE YOU!
My mother will surely object to this style, but the concert was after Miranda's bedtime so I put her in footie pajamas and a coat so that if she fell asleep we could still pop her in the crib. I also thought she'd want me to hold her the whole time, as she sometimes does when she's tired but no. She's desperate to go to school and won't miss me at all, thank you very much. Haha.
Miranda taking over the playroom
After the concert there was a little snack party for the kids. The parents mingled a little and then we braved the cold again.
Table art and hats by Miss Tasha (navy sweater)
Miss Jill in rainbow sweater behind James, Miss Jackie behind Ellie
