I think school is what makes Valentine's Day so much fun. The days leading up to Friday were spent addressing and signing Valentine's and making boxes to fit all the anticipated goodies.
Zeke's party came first. He looked
sooooo cute walking into preschool with this thing.
Eli worked on his box for a few nights in a row. He wasn't happy with each attempt. He really wanted a pinata-looking box. I even ran into a Mexican store once while out on errands to check them out. I've never seen such ugly pinata's in my life and
could not fork out the $14 knowing Eli would not be impressed or able to work with them, either. The night before Valentine's Day he looked a little teary-eyed crawling into bed. I asked him what he'd do. He said he'd probably just bring a plastic store bag to hold his Valentine's, because his box did not work out. A plastic bag??? No, way! This cannot do! I felt for him, especially because he'd really tried. I looked at his sad little box, all mangled and covered in blue tape, and just had to help him out. While he slept I wrapped, taped, reinforced and cut away, doing my best at the vision he'd started with. I figured if he still didn't want to bring it, fine. At least he had an option away from a
plastic bag!
He
loved it! I wanted him to feel how much I loved him by doing it for him. I could see his relief and he gave me the tightest hug. I really don't mind rescuing in these situations. Don't mind at all.
That morning we woke to a real fancy sugar-filled table!
It just happened to be Snowflake's birthday as well. (Paisley's doll) She kept calling this day Thanksgiving.
Could not get it right. All day.
Zeke made his way down on his own time and enjoyed a quiet breakfast.
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It was fun to pick up the kids and hear all about the Valentine's parties, a Read-A-Thon, and
more candy
galore!
This is what the kids walked into after school:
I'd been chatting with the sista's that morning about how I was just doing store-bought cupcakes this year. It was early out and with work, I just didn't want to be stressed about the sugar cookie baking this year. The more we chatted the more convinced I was that I was doing it wrong!
No sugar cookies??? It's tradition!!! What am I doing??? I panicked. By then there was no time to pull out the rolling pin. So, I ran to Sodalicious.
Oh, no, she di'nt!
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| Oh, yesssss, I did! |
Soon enough we were putting together Valentine's for neighbors to knock and run. The kids are in to this more than ever. It's super fun for me and Jon to watch from our window the scampering, ducking and crawling. They'd run in all red-cheeked and out of breath, "I made it! They didn't catch me!"
We had a yummy "Heart Breaker" pizza dinner with Martinelli's, and the perfect movie to distract while the Valentine Phantom visited our home through out the evening, leaving little surprises. Jon surprised me by converting our wedding VHS tape into DVD! It was a super sweet surprise to me and I loved sitting all together reminiscing on that day. The kids could not believe how little their older cousins were once upon a time! I'll always treasure these years, snuggling with my babes with Valentine's love in the air.
