V-day

Valentine's Day is always a fun day at our house, but this year was especially so with it being on a Saturday. We boys made Liz breakfast in bed, and then struck off to take care of getting flowers for our girls. The kids got their own special Valentine's breakfast and we enjoyed the day together. I got a bucket full of healthy snacks from Liz, which even included a few PROBAR. Probably the highlight of our day was when a wild swan came in and landed on our backyard pond. Joey and I even ran out in the snow in our bare feet to take a quick picture. We hadn't seen one before and haven't since, so I guess we were lucky to be looking out the window at the right time.

Our Valentine's Day swan visitor:

The breakfast I made for the boys:

Bug Candy

I was in Las Vegas last week and picked up some candy filled with bugs for the kids. I didn't think they would eat them, but after some initial hesitance, the sweet coating proved too much to resist. Even Tori got in on the action. She is terrified of bugs, but loves candy more than life iteself. When she first noticed the bugs in the candy, she rightly freaked out, but eventually came around. They didn't lick them long enough to get to the middle, so there was no actual bug eating just yet. Perhaps if they get there we'll have to do a follow up post. Here are some pictures.

Charels selected the scorpion lollipop.

Joey went for the bar filled with ants.

Once over her fear, Tori stood there dutifully, tongue outstretched, repeating "more licks please!"
And first got to taste the ants.

And then the scorpion lollipop.

Of course, good brothers always give a 'lick for a lick'