Sadly, we don't have access to some of our pictures from around Valentine's Day so this post is missing some pictures. Oh well. Here it finally is:
O.K. Finally getting to it. Valentine's 2026.
I already told you that Jeremy made chocolate covered strawberries for me. Chuckle. He made them early enough that they got eaten up before Valentine's Day even came.
The week of Valentine's Day, there was a kindergarten Valentine dance at the elementary school, just like when Lucky was in kindergarten and Jet was a baby.
Jet and I dressed up and went and danced and had refreshments and danced some more and were excited when Daddy came to join us. He had a fair convention that day but made it back for the end of the dance.
I think Jet has similar moves to Lucky at that age.
The day before Valentine's Day was when the elementary schoolers had their Valentine parties and Valentine exchanges. Lucky's class invited them to decorate boxes to hold their Valentines. Since Lucky is preparing for the school play, Alice in Wonderland Jr., many things are Wonderland themed right now. Lucky brought a Mad Hatter's hat as his Valentine box. I supplied the materials (empty oatmeal box, fabric, another cardboard box, cardstock) and Jeremy helped Lucky make it into a hat. 
This year, like last year on actual Valentine's Day, Jeremy and Nichole were at Life, The Universe, and Everything symposium.
Mom: Nichole, Dad wants you to look through Life, the Universe, and Everything to see what things you want to do.
Jet: Nichole, Dad wants you to look through the telescope at the university holes.
Thank you. Back to Valentine celebrations.
While Jeremy and Nichole were at LTUE, Jr. wanted an excuse to eat ice cream so he rationalized this.
It was Single Awareness Day. Single people eat ice cream when they don't have a date. Yes! Great excuse. And my husband wasn't with me for Valentine's Day so I should eat ice cream, too.
Reminder that I fully support the Daddy-Daughter date at LTUE (my husband did make me chocolate covered strawberries. I love chocolate covered strawberries).
We also had heart-shaped pizza for dinner or broken heart pizza as it is cut. 
I did get a nice hug from Jeremy that night. He didn't completely forget me. Heh Heh Heh.
The next day, I made a fancy dinner to celebrate since Jeremy and Nichole were home that day.
A great way to celebrate love with food is by using recipes from Whisk Me Away by Michelle Wright. We had some fun during and after dinner based on the Regency Era. 
For dinner, we had Green Bean Almondine with Rice Pilaf (both from the cookbook). We also had ham but I didn't use the honey glaze from the book. We rounded it out with modern day rolls and ice water to drink.
After the kids set the table in our normal use what dishes are in the cupboard (or dish drainer), mismatched or not, manner, I showed them a picture from the book of how a proper dinner table should be set. Ha Ha.
While we ate, I read to them what the book said about Regency dinner party etiquette, which made some of them do the exact opposite because that's what kids do.
After dinner a few of us decided to play a Regency game from the book. "Forfeit."
We used Lucky's "hat" to hold the forfeits and we had a blast playing together. We had the youngest of us and the oldest of us playing so it was a good game for all ages.
I love family time. And I love that we can have the whole family be involved in a holiday that doesn't have to be just for significant others.
I do enjoy time with just my husband but we do get to do special things together other times, not just Valentine's Day and anniversaries (and did I mention that my husband made chocolate covered strawberries for me?).
I would never try to go out for Valentine's Day to a restaurant or something like that anyway. Too crowded. We did stop by the grocery store to get some milk after I picked Jeremy and Nichole up from LTUE on Valentine's Day, though.
I hope my children know they can always celebrate with us. There are so many reasons to celebrate.
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