valentine's day at our house:
my journal entry.
(isn't vivian the cutest little valentine lunch date? dave too.)
dave worked the day before valentines' day, all night, and all the next day. crazy. needless to say, he missed our big breakfast. i had the table set and gave each child a little note and a treat.
then, i sent the boys out the door, each with a big bag of homemade valentines. a few days before, abe went to the store with a friend. his mom text me and asked if i wanted her to have abe pick out some valentines...he came home with no valentines. i asked why he didn't pick any. he said, "homemade valentine's are the best."-- i stayed up way into the night making their valentine's. max's each had a big pack of extra bubble gum and said, "you are extra nice." kai and abe's each had a pack of mentos (cause it's all about the candy, right?) with a flag sign that said, "i mento tell you, i think you are awesome. happy valentine's day." ya, it was a stretch, but what do you do when you go shopping the night before at 9pm and all the valentine's candy it GONE, and your son thinks that "homemade" is the best...you turn creative and a little desperate...you watch a chick flick while you stay up way too late making homemade:)
I got to help in max's class and kai's class parties, so vivian and i were party-ing all morning. dave, who had been working for 28 hours straight, zipped home and picked up max and took him to play a quick game of racquetball before his tennis class. he LOVED it! then dave met vivian and i for a lunch date. dave was tired, but didn't show it and was so happy to be there with us. we went to lunch at spin cafe while max was at his tennis lessons. dave made me stop while he ran in and picked up the flowers he had previously ordered and hand delivered them to me. they were beautiful...and extra thoughtful. he picked all my favorite flowers and he really wanted me to have them even though he wasn't going to be home for awhile.
sadie got home from school and told me all about the valo-gram activity she helped plan in student government. it was a major success. they sold around 400 valo-grams and sadie got to help deliver them. she had a great time. highlight: she gave one to a boy that wrote her a major love letter last valentine's day and wrote #payback on it, just as a joke. i love hearing about her social adventures. it makes me smile.
i tried to sent abe and his buddy around the neighborhood with a valentine hooked to fishing line. i told them, when i was a kid i would put the valentine on my friend's porch and hide, holding the fishing line. when they answered the door and went to grab the valentine, i would yank it away. they both looked at me like i was crazy. then they said, "that's mean." UUUGGGHHH! it's not mean, it's funny! i got them to try it on the neighbor and then they were hooked and i saw them run down the street to have an adventure in the neighborhood. they had a blast and i was so happy they were outside, doing something creative;) haha!
speaking of door ditching, dave got home and rounded up max and they left two boxes of chocolate covered strawberries and chocolates on the porch, rang and ran. so much fun and sooo good. max loved it.
dave made dinner reservations at my favorite, nice, local place, which i was surprised about since we had already gone to lunch. we got vivian to bed and took off for a late dinner. i had to take a picture of the chocolate cake.
on the drive, dave popped in a valentine's mix of songs that he made for me....what? he was really trying to make this my favorite day!
we got home and talked with sadie on the couch until midnight, partly about the server at the restaurant who happened to be a boy she knew from school. i love living in a small-ish town. dave was tired and fell asleep next to us on the couch, while sadie and i chatted.
i really appreciated dave's efforts. he knew he would be busy, but really wanted me to know he was thinking about me. he outdid himself and i loved every second of it. my favorite song on the mix is 'oh' by dave matthews, because i really do love dave oh so well. it's something i'm good at.
it was valentines day. it was fun...in so many ways.
