{"id":237,"date":"2026-02-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforevelynsheart\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:55:28","slug":"valentines-day-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforevelynsheart\/2026\/02\/15\/valentines-day-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evelyn and Raylan had such a fun afternoon at the floor Valentine\u2019s Day party, playing games, dancing, and doing crafts! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/2764_fe0f\/32.png\" alt=\"\u2764\ufe0f\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also received the sweetest mini Valentine\u2019s Day letters from all of her kindergarten classmates. Her face lit up with pure joy as she read each name and message. And of course\u2026 she made out like a little bandit with all the candy!&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf6c\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f36c\/32.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc95\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f495\/32.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evelyn had her monthly echocardiogram, and it came back essentially unchanged , which in our world is good news. 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