We'll be celebrating Valentine's Day as a family this year. This is mostly because the month of March will be very busy for our family due to a series of events for my photography career, which means the three of us will rarely be together as a family. In addition to ensuring Jeremiah and I have a few moments to gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, I've been brainstorming ways for our family to celebrate our love for each other and our love for our family on Valentine's Day. Here are my ideas:

1. Interview Z to find out her thoughts on love. Potential questions: What is love? How do you show someone you love them? How do you know they love you?


2. Allow Z to interview us if she wants to.


3. Read the story of Cupid and Eros.


4. Bake something. Z loves to cook with us and I've been wanting to make bread lately. I'm thinking we might pull out the pretzel recipe or make a nice loaf of bread for dinner.


5. Make a special treat. These s'mores in the waffle iron look pretty good - and we have some Sweet & Sara's vegan marshmallows that we need to use.


6. Make a card for distant relatives - Z loves to do craft projects and has been expressing a desire to keep better in touch with her Grandma and Grandpa and her cousins that live far from us. Better get a move on this! Maybe we'll deliver it digitally.


7. Play a game - we got quite a few fun games appropriate for Z but that we all enjoy playing for Christmas.