Secret Pal

I know Valentine's Day is long over but I didn't want to forget some of the cute things that happened during our Secret Pal week.  Our Valentine week was eventful!  Hope you are not board of still hearing about it all.  The Sunday before Valentine's day, my mom (Nana) gave the family a little lesson about serving one another and random acts of kindness.  We all drew names and had the whole week to do fun things to our Secret Pals.  She sent us home with this heart to put on our fridge as a reminder. 

It was such a blast all week!  Cole popped out of bed the first morning just dying to do something for his Secret Pal!  He drew Kevin's name and came up with some pretty funny ideas of things to do for him.  My favorite was his idea to leave the toilet seat up for his dad. LOL.  I helped him empty all the trash, write love notes to put in Kevin's planner, hide treats and other little things.  Cole was just ready to burst all week to tell his dad that he was his Secret Pal.  Sadie even got the hang of it too.  But mostly loved getting things from her Secret Pal.

And just to document my two favorite memories of the week.  When Cole discovered his bed had been made and a chocolate left on his pillow, he just couldn't get over it and kept demanding to know who it was.  He asked everyone, "Was it you?"  To which we would reply, "I can't tell you!"  He couldn't stand it!  It was so fun at that moment to see him grasp the concept of a Secret Pal.  And then later in the week I over heard Cole trying to help Sadie come up with some ideas of things to do to her Secret Pal (which was me).  Some of his suggestions were to do the dishes for mom or put away my make-up.  He was so excited to help!

It was so fun on Valentine's morning to reveal who had who as their Secret Pal.  We all got to first guess who it was before we were told.  This really added a lot of extra love around our home during the week.  Such a fun thing to do within our family!  Thanks Nana for spreading the LOVE!