Happy Valentine's Day! I've enjoyed my day with my two Valentines and hope you have as well. We started our celebration on Sunday morning with bacon, eggs and toast, followed by homemade pop tarts. Why on Sunday and not today? Well because Aaron had to work today and Connor had school first thing in the morning, so I wanted to treat them to a good breakfast on a day that we weren't rushed. {I made enough pop tarts to last us until this morning so we could still have a Valentines{ish} breakfast on the actual day.}
The pop tarts came out pretty tasty and my boys approved {recipe found below}.
Ingredients:
-2 Pie crusts {premade and found in the refrigerated section}
-1/2 cup Jam {I used strawberry}
-1 Egg
-1 cup Powdered sugar
-1 1/2 tbsp Half and half
-Sprinkles
-Heart cookie cutter
Directions:
-Preheat oven to 400 F.
-Pour jam in small bowl. In a separate bowl crack the egg and whisk.
-Place pie crust on floured surface and cut with cookie cutter. Roll out remaining dough and cut with cookie cutter until none is left.
-Place a small amount of jam mixture in the center of half the hearts and brush the outer edges with egg.
-Place the dry hearts on top of the ones with jam and crimp the edges with a fork to seal.
-Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 15 minutes.
-When finished baking, cool on wire baking rack.
-Mix powdered sugar and half and half in a bowl and then spoon onto each pop tart when cool.
My morning started at 7:15 when my alarm clock went off to take Connor to school. I slowly got out of bed and started getting ready. I talked to Aaron on the phone while I was doing my makeup and he told me to go downstairs. When I did, I saw flowers and a pop tart on a plate with a sweet little note from him and Connor. I was shocked because he had already bought me a new camera, lens, and strap for Valentine's Day, so it was a nice surprise.
Thank you my love, I love them!
Connor was so excited for school this morning because I told him they were going to have a Valentine's Day party and he could finally hand out his Valentines to his friends. He walked into school happy as can be with his basket full of cards, and immediately asked his teachers if he could give them to his friends. They told him he had to wait until circle time, but they would hold them for him until then. Fast forward 3 hours and it was time to pick him up from school. We ran a few errands and he fell asleep on his way home. When he woke up he opened all his his Valentines and munched on candy.
Because I love these so much and spent forever on them, here are his Valentines in case you missed my last blog post.
When Aaron got home from work, I handed the boys their gifts. Connor got pajamas, a book, and a small box of chocolates. Aaron got workout clothes and a big box of chocolates {for us to share}. Nothing big, just something small to show them I was thinking of them.
Just me and my baby.
Both my boys.
That's all I've got from our day so far. I'm blogging early so we can enjoy the rest of our evening {pizza + movie + chocolate}. Enjoy yours with someone you love!
XOXO,
Jenn
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