Valentine Cheer

Eli really doesn't get the concept of Valentines Day yet, but it is still fun to do things with him to gear up for the holiday.  We started off by making some heart shaped waffles.  He liked making the batter more than he liked eating them, but its all part of the fun, right?  On Sunday after breakfast and Owens first nap, we headed to the trail for our run, and to 'feed the ducks breakfast.'  We took some leftover heart waffles so the ducks could enjoy some Valentine cheer also.

Eli headed off to school on Valentines day wearing his red shirt and Valentine friend in tow...(of course he had pants on for school!).
His class is focusing on colors everyday and the kids are supposed to wear or bring something of the color of the day.  Today was pink.  Being a boy, he didnt have much anything pink, so I went out yesterday afternoon to find something he could take with him.  His name is 'Pink Friend.'

He came home wearing this...

(Please excuse the giant thing of paper towels and huge box of diapers in the back, we made a Costco run).

And in honor of Owen's first Valentines Day, we snapped a few pictures.

With the weather so nice this last week, we have been spending a lot of time down at the lake.

And, we don't always make it the whole way awake...

We always stop at the bridge so Eli can show me how fast he can run across it, and how he can point out all the canoes and ducks. I must be on the same running schedule at Lance Armstrong because we saw him three times last week. Eli just doesn't share in the excitement with me though. We must also be on the same schedule as the man who without at doubt is always there, standing by his car talking on his phone wearing some totally inappropriate very tight, very white stretch pants, showing a little too much of the goods. Gross.

Skipping Rocks

And sometimes we are lucky enough to have Rachel join us on our runs.

The kid can run!

(Dont know why its sideways or how to fix that!!!!)

We also were lucky enough to help my great uncle celebrate his 95th birthday this weekend.  It wasn't so easy to get a good picture with all the commotion going on over there, but we did our best.

Happy 95th Uncle Leon!!!!  We love you!