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<\/p>\nStaying true to my several-months-behind posting schedule, here’s Valentine’s Day! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
I surprised the kids with Costco muffins on the morning of Valentine’s day (along with homework the boys had forgotten to complete!):<\/p>\n
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Here’s Tazie being very excited that Danny shared some of his candy with her:<\/p>\n
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And for the first time this year, I gave each kid a mailbox in which their siblings put nice notes every day for the prior few weeks.\u00a0 I had told the kids they should write something they liked about each other on the notes, and they did a great job (aside from a few notes that said things like, “You are not irritating most of the time.” LOL!).<\/p>\n
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Aww!\u00a0 I just love all the love!<\/p>\n
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Staying true to my several-months-behind posting schedule, here’s Valentine’s Day! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
I surprised the kids with Costco muffins on the morning of Valentine’s day (along with homework the boys had forgotten to complete!):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Here’s Tazie being very excited that Danny shared some of his candy with her:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And for the first time this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKyNb-1O6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4937,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=4937","url_meta":{"origin":6950,"position":0},"title":"Valentine’s Day Party","author":"Emily","date":"February 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I got to help out at Jimmy's class Valentine's day party.\u00a0 I can't get enough of all those cute kids!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_1124.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_1124.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_1124.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":162,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=162","url_meta":{"origin":6950,"position":1},"title":"Happy Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day","author":"Emily","date":"February 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We're back from a wonderful Florida vacation, and I'll post\u00a0 more pictures soon.\u00a0 Here's one of the girls showing their love for one another on Valentine's Day (and wearing their Valentine's sleepers from their Grammie, of course!).\u00a0\u00a0","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=162#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_3882","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_B1otl5NooiE\/SZeDd2ISJxI\/AAAAAAAAA1A\/ayWqA9dEg7w\/IMG_3882_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2147,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=2147","url_meta":{"origin":6950,"position":2},"title":"Lollipop Kisses","author":"Emily","date":"February 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!\u00a0 I hope your day is filled with kisses from your favorite people (Mine was coated in sticky lollipop kisses after we did an in-house scavenger hunt \u2013 I loved it as much as the kids)!","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=2147#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":" photo IMG_6540.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/IMG_6540.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":618,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=618","url_meta":{"origin":6950,"position":3},"title":"Warm and Fuzzy","author":"Emily","date":"February 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of Valentine's Day, I should be posting some heartwarming photo of the girls giving each other hugs and kisses.\u00a0 But I'm not.\u00a0 Because even though the girls did give each other spontaneous hugs and kisses today, it happened in the bathtub and I don't usually keep a camera\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=618#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_3405","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/d0ae3be84736_12A37\/IMG_3405_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1071,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=1071","url_meta":{"origin":6950,"position":4},"title":"Love is in the Air","author":"Emily","date":"February 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We had quite the love fest this Valentine\u2019s Day! 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