I LOVE Valentines Day!!
I always have...
For as long as I can remember I've liked to:
Dress in some sort of Valentines color
Bake goodies and share them with friends and family
Make Valentines with my girls
Plan and prepare a fancy meal
Make the day special in whatever other ways I can think of
It's important to me to pass my feelings and actions along to my girls about Valentines Day.
I know most girls HATE Valentines Day and dread it.
I've also been taught to "lower my expectations"(thanks mom :) and to focus on what I can do for others instead of wondering what fabulous things people have planned for ME.
(Don't get me wrong...I still wonder :)
I think that focusing on everyone you love, instead of just a significant other, helps with the dread.
I hope my girls always love V-Day as much as I do.
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This year Lance and I celebrated Valentines Day on Friday, as it was weekend instead of a work night.
We went to Red Lobster for dinner
(I was craving fish!)
and then..
The Austin Ballet!
(La Sylphide)
He totally surprised me by planning and executing this all on his own.
He's pretty good at planning nice things :)
I received these on Friday, before our date.
I LOVE tulips!!
The box is full of truffles, another favorite of mine.
On Valentines Day the girls went up to Lance's office and ate a special lunch with him. We heart attacked his office door, with strict instructions that he had to leave them up for at least 2 days so people would see it :)
We made sugar cookies...well the dough.....and ran out of time to actually cut them out, bake them, and decorate them... that is on the agenda for tonight for a late FHE. We also made peanut butter rice krispy treats... we were all wanting different treats...what's a mom to do???
We had salmon, scalloped potatoes, and lettuce wedges, and sparking cider for dinner...
with Creme Brulee for dessert.
It was a lovely day and we appreciated being able to spend so much of it with Lance.
We've been duly warned that the rest of month we may not be so fortunate...
Hope each of you enjoyed Valentines Day as well.
1 comment:
I can't think of anything more fabulous than tulips, truffles, tutus, and eating out right now. sounds like a lovely time that should have been a double date. :) Leif and I are pretty lame when it comes to Valentine's Day. We wrote each other a fun poem. That's it. And I'm totally fine with it. :) You are such a good mom and your girls will always know it.
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