Happy Valentine's Day!

Of course, Dev's biggest Valentine's Day surprise arrived early this year, but we all continue to be excited about Sancho, who is so far a very sweet and obedient dog.

 

 

Dev made Sancho his own hand-braided collar and customized tactical vest, with handle.

My other big present for Dev was totally renovating his home office - photos soon!

On the holiday itself, I also gave him this box of chocolates, with all the candy removed and replaced with beef jerky.

"We cadaver be apart!"

I replaced the standard Russell Stoves cover with a picture of the synthetic cadaver Dev recently met at a medical devices engineering convention.

As for the kids - I took the lead on making Arthur's class valentines, dinosaur erasers for all his friends.

Arthur's class valentines

Beatrice made her own valentines this year - she filled bags with glitter pens, stickers, and notepads, and then decorated each bag individually - it took her several days to finish all the bags.

 

Notice the heart-shaped owl.

And then the kids made these cool melted crayon heart valentines for their family members. To make them, you just fill silicone baking molds with broken, unwrapped crayons and put them in the oven at 200F until they melt, around 20 minutes.

And of course, both kids had class parties.

On the evening of the 14th, Dev and I went to a secret (literally) underground party held in the steam tunnels beneath Caltech, then out for Chinese food in the San Gabriel Valley.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!