How was YOUR Valentine's Day?
Posted on February 16, 2010 by FoBaM-Jamie
Cupid has come and gone, leaving a trail of pastel-colored candy hearts and foil-wrapped chocolates in his wake. Instead of a pre-holiday post full of tips on how to enjoy the big day, we decided it’d be more fun to wait until after the holiday and invite you to share the good, the bad, the ugly, and the oh-so-adorable.
To get the ball rolling, a quick poll:
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As the mom of a Kindergartner, this was my first year experiencing the pint-sized drama of class Valentines. I was thrilled that my daughter adamantly wanted to give Valentines that she’d made herself, and I eagerly helped her come up with a design, even doing some of the “production” labor myself. I then watched with great amusement as my little girl painstakingly sorted through her vast sticker collection to come up with a “boys’ pile” and a “girls’ pile.” The boys got smiley faces and fish, the girls got hearts and flowers.
Final assembly took place at my parents’ house. When she returned home on Valentine’s Day eve, my daughter took great pride in showing me each and every Valentine … all twenty-five of them. Her enthusiastic creativity inspired my own crafty muse, and – after I’d tucked her into bed – I had a great deal of fun putting together the Valentine pictured above. Flowers and candy are dandy, but a handmade love note takes the cake every time.
So, what’s your Valentine’s story?
My mother invited everyone in my family except me to a Valentine’s day lunch. This would include my ex-husband.
Nice Mom.
If it weren’t for the Valentine’s party at school and having two young boys, I doubt my husband and I would have even acknowledged it was Valentine’s Day. We don’t need a special day to say that we love each other, and we usually end up getting each other some lame gift anyway. It is just another way for the card companies and retail stores to make money. Not to mention all of the flowers that have to die…
I agree Teresa, it is just another money scheming holiday and in these tough economical times it’s really just not something we need. I mean come on like Christmas isn’t bad enough. If couples need a day dedicated to showing their love for one another then maybe they should consider what they are doing together. You should show your love all year through not buy your love on one day of the year. I’m with ya- flowers die and the day passes, but love conquers all!
I feel ya!
Our house was under attack by a ferocious stomach bug! So we held off on our V Day til Monday when we could all enjoy it a bit more. It was horrible being sick but at least we were all together.
Ours kicked off very similar to yours except my son sorted through Transformer cards and we made brownies… It was fun to share the enthusiasm with my little man and then enjoy fun activities throughout the weekend like a local art festival.
We had all just gotten over a stomach bug during the blizzard the week before, and then my 7-month-old was hit with horrible constipation. So, on Valentine’s Day, we were very focused on our poor uncomfortable baby. When all else failed, we found ourselves standing over the changing table, daughter screaming, me holding her hands and wiping her tears, and my husband administering the dreaded suppositories . . . and then getting seriously pooped on when they finally did the trick. At that moment, we turned to each other, laughing and crying, and said “Happy Valentine’s Day honey!”. I’ve never loved my husband more.
We celebrated on Monday as well with a treasure hunt for kids and adults, pizza, a heart shaped cake decorated for neighbors, and sugar cookies to frost and decorate. My oldest son (1 1/2) and I also made crispy kisses. Rice crispy treats shaped using a funnel and wrapped in foil to look like chocolate kisses. Then we taped a strip of paper on top to complete the picture. Holidays are so much more fun with kids.
I agree with Teresa as well. My hubby does things that spoil me throughout the year so Valentines Day is a day for us to be more romantic instead of actually exchanging gifts all the time. My son and I bump heads on Valentines Day however:) Lol. They give out tons of candy from his classroom at school. He doesn’t understand why he can’t eat all of his candy at once. I tell him if he’s good at school I will give him a piece on the weekends. But he ends up crying and upset with me because I won’t give him the candy.