Happy St. Valentine’s Day!

Last week – or 10 days ago?  A box arrived from Grandma Ellie and Grandpa Larry, bearing some Valentine’s Day things.  Crafts, pillowcases (made by Grandma), dresses for the girls and their twin dolls. 

We had just done some making of Valentine’s cards a day or two before that, and everyone had enjoyed themselves.  Hannah had made a list of the people she wanted to send cards and worked from that.  Naomi had made cards and done so until she tired of it.  Simeon had worked on two cards the whole time, devoting lots of attention and stickers to those two. 

The box included some crafts to make and give as Valentines, as well as some pre-made Valentine cards.  The crafts were well-received and Hannah helped Simeon and Naomi make theirs.  The cards were well-received, and Hannah decided to send out even MORE cards than she’d made. 

Naomi decided that she didn’t want to give away ANY of the cards or crafts.  She didn’t want to give the ones she’d made, she didn’t want to give the ones she’d received in order to give, she went so far as to label one of the crafts “To Mimi Love Naomi.”  I’m not sure she’s really into the SPIRIT of the day yet. 

However, we did have some cute dresses and hairdos today.  I don’t recall if I’ve mentioned that we sometimes have some trouble with hair brushing at our house.  The girls love to have long hair, and Hannah has really THICK hair, too, which is beautiful…except when it’s not brushed.  And when I brush it, you’d think that I was torturing her with hot pokers, rather than holding her hair and doing everything I can to keep from pulling it.  This isn’t fun for either of us, and the prospect of shaving her head gets more and more attractive with each screaming fit over hair brushing. 

I decided to find some hairdos that might offer motivation for the suffering, because if you’re going to end up look gorgeous, dahling, sometimes it’s worth the trouble to stand still and not scream when Mom is brushing your hair.  I found this site, which not only has hairdo ideas, but also has hairdo videos.  This is key, because however thorough a description is, with pictures, I don’t seem to be able to easily translate that into real life.  The girls love this website, and enjoy having me page through so that they can select a hairdo for that day. 

{Sim isn’t being tortured here…he’s “smiling” for the camera.  Yeah.  Great phase.  But you can see that he’s clutching his new donut pillowcase.}

This morning we had fun looking through the Valentine’s Day hairdos, and ended up picking two different, cute ones.  Simeon felt slightly left out, but was completely mollified by the two Amtrak videos that I let him watch on Youtube.  He’s not that into hairdos, but trains are pretty awesome. 

These are the Valentine’s Day dresses, too.

Here’s Naomi’s hair from the back.  The picture isn’t that great, but the braids form a heart. 

Here’s the right side pigtail on Hannah.

And here’s the left side. 

Simeon eventually decided he did want in on the pictures.

Can’t you feel the love?

Can’t you see the fake smile?