I've been reading about amazingly fantastic Valentine's Day celebrations and crafts all week, so I had to put ours out there too:
*When Mike's asked me the week before, "We're really not doing anything for Valentine's day?" I said, "Nope, we're really not. I'm trying to plan/make it to 3 class parties and I have to teach 2 Zumba classes...that's pretty much all I can handle. Plus, I don't want to try and find a babysitter or rush home and get showered and dressed." He was a bit in shock, but he knew I was serious.
*The boys each got new basketball shorts and a box of Jelly Bellies with a handritten Valentine on a piece of pink construction paper from me when they woke up...I didn't even cut it in the shape of a heart
*Jace made everyone in the family really cute Valentine cards...that I forgot to get pictures of before we threw them away
*My kids had store bought valentines (no photos, no homemade suckers, no party bags...I know, failure)...even better, when we were assembling them the night before, I realized that we bought nerds and all the cards said things like, "Here's lookin at you nerd." Hopefully the parents understood.
*I helped plan and administer 2 big school Valentine celebrations and made it to the very end of one (one of the reasons for our lack of family celebrations)
*I taught 2 Zumba classes and felt particularly exhausted after the last one...did you know Valentine's Day is not a REAL holiday where people take the day off from exercise?
*We had no dinner plans...Mike made heart pancakes and we drank red smoothies together...not a bad improv. The kids were pleased.
*We had family night and hung out together and it turned out to be a really nice, low-key night. Exactly what I was looking for.
*We put the kids to bed and Mike got out his laptop to study for a huge midterm, I got my book out and pretended to read until I fell dead asleep at 9:30. Romantic huh?
Well, there is always next year, right?
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