Valentines Weekend

The kids got to go to an extra day of school on Friday the 13th in order to attend their Valentine's Party and exchange cards and tokens with their classmates.

Max in Daniel's Valentine's shirt from last year (which he has since appropriated)

Daniel showing off his Captain America "Captain Heart Breaker" shirt

Caroline is all hearts, from her shirt to her toes

Then on actual Valentine's Day on Saturday, Gingere and Dylan came down to visit us and head out to Chinatown (yes, five days before the New Year...good planning, Mom) to go shopping for a birthday present for Daddy.  We strolled down Grant Street and poked our heads into a couple of shops before settling down for a little dim sum.

Playing with chopsticks

Future percussionist?

Max was perfectly behaved

Daniel is trying out the chopsticks as woodwind!

Then back up the street actually making some purchases and visit the art along the street.

Posing with the lion at the Grant Street Gate

Acrobat Caroline is climbing the walls while the boys try to play the frog's ukelele

"Rock out, Man!"

Caroline thought it was especially funny that these monkeys were wearing shoes.

Trying to re-create "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil"

And then it was home for a nap before heading to Grandma and Boppy's for dinner.

Caroline and Max help Daniel put a cat mask on

Eating frozen yogurt

Sunday was Daddy's birthday, so we went shopping to get cake fixin's and came home to bake the cake, wrap the treasures they chose in Chinatown (a foot massager, a back scratcher, and a model of the Space Shuttle), and draw cards.

The kids wanted to make a baseball cake

But even a baseball cake can be improved with sprinkles

And with candles and cards, it was a big celebration!

And the weekend was capped off with a trip to Grandma and Papa's on Presidents Day (and a trip to the movies alone for Mommy!)