celebrating valentine's day

We spent our Valentine's day at one of Caleb's basketball games this year.  While not an ideal way to spend V-day, it was an extra special game with our dear friends there, spending their Valentine's day next to me on the bleachers and being amazing supporters of Caleb!  And we all went out to eat afterwards so it was a great double date with some people we love the most!
On Friday night we also celebrated Valentine's day in a way we hadn't before... with a 3 {almost four-year-old} as our date! It was a date all about hello kitty & princess movies!  I wanted to make it feel like a special day for Lainey, so we got her a small gift.

Here she is opening her Hello Kitty gift basket...

Then we headed down to Crown Center to eat at Fritz's.  It had been a long time since I had been there and Caleb had never been.  The grub was delicious!  Lainey choose the house specialty grilled cheese sandwich. :)

Caleb embracing the railroad attire.

Then we took a quick moment {it was cold!} outside to get a few pictures and Lainey also wanted to see the people ice skating in the rink.
The trees in the court yard area were still lit up which made for a great camera backdrop!

 

Back inside Crown Center we made a quick stop into the Crayola store so Lainey could express some of her creativity!  Her illustration of choice that night was definitely "rainbows"... even if they were all brown. :)

 We had a great time with our sweet date! We topped off the night watching the movie Brave at home!  

Hope you all had a great time with your loves this Valentine's day!