It's the first year Kai has had any awareness of Valentines day he has been so excited to give me the present he made me. He woke up early this morning asking, "Mummy, is today the love day?!" and raced downstairs to get it for me!

We have been making chocolates for the people we love (including making the dairy free fudge and chocolate from scratch).

The list of people we love was long and we spent nearly the whole day yesterday making these heart-shaped fudge-filled chocolates. The kitchen was a sticky, chocolatey mess but it was fun and strangely therapeutic.

This morning we finished them off, made tags and put them into gift boxes.

Now to deliver them....

Happy Valentines Day!


To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

David Viscott