We’ve never made Valentine’s Day a “big” day in the monetary sense of the word. I don’t necessarily want expensive gifts or flowers that wilt, but I do love spending the day together and making it special for our little princess. We try to make holidays special for her, even if they don’t benefit us much and any excuse for us to buy her a gift, is always a good one.
She requested a picnic for breakfast, so we spread out a quilt in the living room floor and ate there while watching our morning cartoons. Since Sunday mornings are hard on us anyway, we opted for pink, strawberry muffins instead of something more involved. They were yummy and I ate a few too many butter-slathered ones myself.
We gave Beemer a toy FULL of peanut butter and treats to buy us a little time to eat breakfast. We have a hard enough time eating dinner at the table, much less having food accessible to her on the floor.
Ella requested that we open presents before breakfast so, of course, we obliged. Ella got a Fancy Nancy Valentine’s Day storybook and three pair of Fancy panties. We were worried that every time somebody asked her about her morning she would pull her dress up at church! Fortunately, she didn’t do that, but she did show them to us several times this afternoon. SD got a cute football t-shirt that was right up his alley. I have a history of buying funny t-shirts for Vday – including “I Heart Hot Moms” and one with a pregnant stick figure that says “Look What I Did.” This one really fits in.
My Valentine gave me some much-appreciated coupons for house-cleaning and foot massages. Any pregnant girl knows it doesn’t get much better than that. We enjoyed a wonderful service at church this morning – even Ella commented in the car, “That was good church!” – and a yummy lunch out with the family. We topped it all off with a belly photo shoot and an extra long nap. I hope your Valentine’s Day was as great as ours.
