My Little Loves on Valentine's Day

I spent Valentine's with my two little loves and away from Cas, who was out of town for work.  Dressed for the occassion, we took lots of pictures in their red -

I gave Collin a "polliwop" [his word for lollipop, and we think it's cute so we perpetuate the wrong word usage] and he assured me it was his favorite Valentine's ever!

Maya assured us she was quite pleased with the leaves she found all over the yard -

Brother and sister laughing at each other- 

Sweet big brother . . . until Maya started to reach for the polliwop -

Natural smile with sugary gift in hand -

Smiles and kicking feet greet Collin in the morning as soon as Maya spots him -

We spent time at my parents' in between play dates and dinners with my friend Kelly.  Collin - and my dad - were equally excited about Collin's new rocket - 

The rocket of course got stuck in the tree, so we had to fire tennis balls at it to free it -



Collin got bored being the ball boy for the tennis balls, and went to his fighting men - 

We tried to get a cute shot of my mom and the kids in their Valentine's shirts, but Collin's hug over my mom's shoulders was a choke-hug and Maya wasn't having it -

Maya is happy now, but my mom was still fighting for a breath - and this is the best we got!

Oh this girl, I cannot stop taking her photo!