cousin love {a valentine party}

Between facing some hard anniversaries again 

and Levi having RSV last week {yuck, I know} 

we thought we needed to start this week off with a party.

Yesterday we invited all of Levi's cousins over for a Valentine Party.

We set up a little table for the eight cousins who are all five and under.

Most of the decorations I re-used from Joel's party this summer.

I made my own version of the heart strings garland.

The cute mailboxes were in the dollar bin at Target.

They were definitely the hit of the party.

And Levi passed out the cute have a ball valentines to his cousins.

The moms and grandmas sat leisurely for hours 

sat for five seconds at the grown-up table.

Excuse the wrinkly tablecloth...I am not a fan of ironing. :)

Before the party Levi opened up his valentine from his daddy and mama.

Red Converse shoes...I found them on clearance at Target.

He is loving shoes right now. It is so cute.

Levi was very stylin' for the party in his red shoes...at least his mama thought so.

My sister-in-law made cocoa pancakes with whipped cream for the kids.

What more do you need when you have chocolate pancakes?

There was lots of yummy food for the grown-ups too.

After the grown-ups sat for a few minutes and tried to enjoy our food...

it was FINALLY time to pass out valentines.

The best part.

Even Levi liked putting his valentines in his mailbox.

He thought he was such a big boy with all his cousins.

Levi and his sweet cousins...only Cora is missing!

The big cousins made Megan's heart craft.

I cut out all the big hearts.

Then we punched the little hearts out with a Creative Memories heart punch.

The kids thought it was great!

And they all turned out so pretty.

The girls' hearts were very girly of course...only pink and purple!

After the party Levi and I spent some much needed time outside.

We hadn't been out at all last week because of all the snow and Levi being sick.

It was beautiful...and the snow is finally melting.

{Levi, don't put rocks in your mouth!}

Levi broke in his new valentine shoes.

When dad got home Levi even got a wagon ride.

What a fun day.

Hope your Valentine's Day was just as great!