Happy Cupid Can Suck it Day!

     If you really know me, then you know that I cannot stand Valentine's Day.  I don't see the point in it, plain and simple.  Does my husband have a problem with this?  Haha, absolutley not!  He loves the fact that I call today Happy "Cupid Can Suck it Day".  Ask my sisters, this is the text they get from me every year.  Maybe I'll use this opportunity to use you guys as my therapist because I can remember back how long it's been that I haven't liked February 14th.  My junior year of high school, I was dating a guy and had been for a while.  I got stood up on Valentine's Day.  I felt ridiculous, humiliated, upset and then mad.  And obviously, I haven't gotten over it! :)  But that's ok. Josh would probably shake his hand, pat him on the back and say "thank you so much for saving me all the trouble" !
   Why should there be one day out of the year that the person you love the most (or at the time) be told that they have to send you flowers, get you a card, blah blah blah?  I can't tell you the last time Josh got me flowers, but does that mean he doesn't love me any less? No!  Just surprise me from time to time with them or a card for absolutley no reason (no really, go ahead, it's ok!)  Just don't put so much pressure on today. 
But because the media, marketing and advertising put so much emphasis on Vday, I do like to make my kids feel extra special.  And I'm going to share our day with you.

 

 

6:00am I (and Reid for some reason) was up making pink heart shaped pancakes for my Valentines.  Reid wanted to be right in the middle of it!

 





Addilyn was excited to head to school and celebrate with all her friends!

I was finally able to slow Reid down enought right before bedtime to snap a picture of him.

We ended our day with dinner and the kids each got a new plate and cup to eat on (this seems to be a tradition) and I surprised them with heart shaped Jello jigglers, although they didn't quite jiggle because they got stuck in the mold, but they enjoyed them just the same.  Daddy gave them each their own box of chocolates and Reid was quick to dig in!

So for me, as a mommy, this is what so called Valentine's Day is all about!