Valentine's Day

On the eve of Valentine's Day I set the table
for breakfast and try to make it really nice.
The kids asked why we only use the nice stuff
on Valentine's, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I do it because I remember my mom making a
big deal out of Valentine's day. We always had a
red table cloth for dinner and there was a special
surprise under our dinner plates that I looked
forward to getting. The past 2 years I have had so
much fun deciding what to get the kids for a special gift.
Two years ago it was lightsabers.. last year it was Harry
Potter wands. This year it was just a box of chocolates.
Kind of lame... but we did have strawberry milk for breakfast
and heart shaped sugar cookies with pink frosting.

I don't think the kids were too disappointed
with the hearts...but then again who doesn't
like chocolate?

While I was at the grocery store on
Wednesday morning I found a great
deal on flowers. So for $1.49 I bought
this bouquet of flowers. The kids were
wondering who brought us flowers
because they are kind of a rarity around our
house. Especially fresh flowers. Nathan used to
bring me flowers all the time for no reason
at all and because I have inherited some
crazy practical gene... I would complain
that he was wasting money on something
that would die in just a few days. Needless to say
Nathan no longer brings me flowers. Lesson to be
learned, just be grateful he's thoughtful and forget
about the money.