On the cusp of March, I just realized that I forgot to share our Year in Review videos! Matt tries to make one every year. I love them because seeing our children in action as younger versions of themselves helps me remember them better. I find that each successive age replaces my memories of their younger selves. It’s hard for me to remember what three year-old Henry was like!

• 2017 Part One
• 2017 Part Two
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014

Oh, my. I am so in love with our new Valentine’s tradition. Here’s where we landed:

On Valentine’s Day, we wake up early and make waffles for breakfast. We set up the waffle maker on the table with an extension cord, so we can make them while we are eating them. Each time one comes out, we split it into fourths so we each get a piece. This year, we also made our own whipped cream. It’s so easy, fun, and tasty! 

During breakfast, we make a list of what we want to do to celebrate our “Family Day of Love” in the evening. This year, our list included:

My sweet almost 7 year-old loves traditions and rituals even more than I do. He cracks me up. 

He’s requesting some kind of tradition for Valentine’s Day. Once we start something, he will never, ever forget it. So I feel some pressure to get it right the first year. 

The hard thing is that Valentine’s Day is so close to my birthday and his birthday, so I don’t want to do anything that overlaps with our birthday traditions. Henry suggested that we write love letters to each other, but I’ll already be writing Henry a letter on his birthday. It might be fun to get a cake on Valentine’s Day,