"Love Day"

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM THE SUPER SILLY BROWN FAMILY!!!

Now that our "communication board" has officially wished everyone a Happy Valentine's Day, I can move on with how exciting 'Love Day' has been for my kiddos!!

For Katie, her Valentine's Day began yesterday!!! Nathan and me left the house to go pick Katie up from school, and when we all returned home, there was a non-labeled pink envelope and a box of chocolates sitting on top of our mailbox. Katie opened it, and the front of the card had her name written on it, but the inside of the card was unsigned! Hmmmm, secret admirer?? Whoever it was, is NOT coming forward because we still can't figure out who sent it! And Katie really enjoyed those chocolates! ToO cUtE! (See picture below!)

Okie-dokie... onto Nathan! Some of you may have heard of a game called "Mindcraft". Well, Nathan absolutely positively without a doubt is totally for sure addicted to this game! The whole game is pixelated like the old Atari games, and you 'build' houses out of 'blocks' so 'zombies' don't come get you. One of the 'bad guys' is called a "Creeper". Well, Nathan's class was given the option to bring a decorated box to class on Valentine's Day to store all their goodies in, and there were going to be awards given for various categories; he wanted me to make him a "Creeper Box", so a "Creeper Box" he got! Even though Nathan's Creeper box did not win any of the prizes, he REALLY likes the box I made for him!! (See picture below!)

Katie was kinda bummed to learn that junior high is not very welcoming of exchanging Valentine anything. Apparently they were told not to bring any to school because it was "just a normal school day"... between you and me, she did take 5 of her friends 'disguised' Valentine cards in hopes of not getting caught; I'm guessing she was successful because she didn't get in trouble for anything! BUT, Nathan is still in good 'ole elementary school and Valentine's are VERY welcomed! Pinterest helped me locate a CutE idea for Nathan, and with Nathan's FULL approval, we made them! He was looking forward to passing-out his 'special' Valentine to all of his classmates today! (See picture below!)

Finally, no Valentine's Day is complete without a special Valentine from Mommy & Daddy! Both Katie and Nathan got these cute stuffed doggies that hold a gift card with its mouth... BUT, as soon as you pull the gift card out of the doggies mouth, it barks and pants for a few seconds! These were too aDorAbLe! When we gave Nathan his, he gave it a huge hug right after he heard it make noise! LovE! Katie was too 'shy' to take a picture with hers; hahaha, 'tweens'! (See Nathan's picture below!)

Even though my kiddos are going to be hopped up on sugar for the next week, they have had an awesome day! They are DEFINITELY loved!! (Mostly by ME!! Hehehe!)

Until next time...

IMPORTANT Communication!

The above picture is The Brown Family's "Communication Board".

We use this board to 'communicate with each other in various ways. For example, in the top left corner, I am keeping track of how many girl scout cookie boxes we have ordered and not yet received. Katie's friends also like to 'sign' it, and Nathan has been keeping track of how many days are left until Valentine's Day. We also keep a list of what kind of groceries we need, to remind us of things we need not forget to take to work/school, and we write little cute 'messages' to each other.

However, this morning I woke up to the ALL CAPS message from Katie to remind us that The Walking Dead TV series starts back up tonight! Yes, I have to agree that this particular type of communication is seriously important to us! Even though we are not one of those families that have a backyard bunker full of supplies in preparation for the "Zombie Apocolypse", we are a family hooked on the fascination of Zombies period! We watch this TV series 'as a family', so tonight marks very important quality family-time! Ha!

Katie has been oh-so-patiently waiting for tonight to finally come! Katie is our biggest Zombie-fan EVER, and will probably even change clothes into one of her many Zombie shirts JUST for this show! (She will probably hate me for posting this, but she is Carl's #1 fan!!!)

We are ALL looking forward to "Family Zombie Night" tonight!!

Until next time...