We started off with a special breakfast together - chocolate chip pancakes, strawberries, blueberries and a few mini marshmallows. I had decorated the table with heart confetti which the boys thought was funny. After breakfast I gave them a small present, just a comic each wrapped in paper. Giving it as present made it more interesting for them.
I'd arranged some activities for us to do through the day which I had found via Red Ted art which is a great resource for finding lovely activities to do with your children. I'd done some of the preparation the night before whilst P was watching the rugby! One of the activities was this paper hug activity, super easy to put together and even today they have been giving hugs with it!
A new book bought over the weekend, on mindfulness, gave me another inspiration. Goldie Hawn talks about having a happiness wall, and I thought our love day would be a great variant on this - I cut out hearts from card I had at home, and wrote a little note to remind us who was telling us about what they loved about the person they were talking about. It was so nice to hear the boys sharing what they loved about our family, and each other. They said that they loved playing games with each other and having fun, and hugging each other. We put the hearts up on the wall as a reminder.
At teatime we had a special tea with heart shaped sandwiches and finished with some cupcakes with these lovely cake toppers I got from fellow etsy seller Cherry Made this. It was a lovely day.
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