Valentine's Day Fun

Ashlyn had a wonderful Valentine's day this year. It started on Thursday with her class party. She had worked on signing her princess valentines earlier in the week. Ashlyn got a bag full of valentines from her friends. She loved looking at them. She also got to eat a cupcake! Yum! It was a very simple party, yet she had a lot of fun and I think it was just the right amount for this age.

On Saturday night, we worked on decorating cupcakes. Ashlyn loves helping me cook. The night before, we made a pizza together. She loves sprinkling and stirring things. She also likes to watch the food in the oven. I am sure she will one day be a wonderful cook, since she is a DeLorme! We had a blast making cupcakes and she had even more fun eating one!

On Valentine's Day, I wanted to make it special for Ashlyn. Joey and I HATE Valentine's Day and usually do nothing for it. We decided that we would do something for Ashlyn. Joey had mentioned maybe going out to dinner. Immediately, I thought of lots of crowds and people. I got out my cookbooks and planned a special dinner for us to cook at home. I will admit that it was a little more stressful to cook and clean, but the food was AMAZING and well worth it! We avoided all the crowds. We had wedge salads with homemade ranch dressing, steak, roasted asparagus, and rosemary cream potatoes! We agreed it was just as good if not better than anything in town. For dessert, we had chocolate fondue. Ashlyn loved that!!! She couldn't get enough. She was quite the messy girl when she was done.

All in all, we had a good Valentine's weekend. Joey and I enjoyed getting an extra day to spend with Ashlyn today. It will be hard to go back to work tomorrow :(



The Valentine bag that Ashlyn decorated.

Looking to see what is inside.

Lots of good cards.

She had so much fun looking at all of them.

Ashlyn has lots of friends.

They even got a chance to color pictures for parents.

Yum!!!! Cupcakes are great!

She was loving it.

Joey took a picture of the self-portrait that Ashlyn drew.

Mom and Ashlyn

Family picture

Ashlyn watching the cupcakes cook

Almost done

She did such a good job spreading frosting

She loved helping.

Look at all of those yummy cupcakes.

She had a BLAST sprinkling sprinkles on the cupcakes.

As you can see, she really enjoyed the sprinkles

She was so excited to try one.

Yummy!!!

A picture of the decorations we put up for our special dinner.

We tried to make it festive.

I bought Ashlyn this balloon and she LOVED it! She carried it around all day.

Ashlyn dressed up in her Valentine's day dress

Mommy is making a very funny face.

One last pretty girl picture for Valentine's day.

Ashlyn showing how messy she got from the chocolate fondue.