Happy V Day

(not to be confused with venereal awareness day. Although, I'm sure it could pass for that as well)

(and knowing that my blogging demographics show that 9 out of 10 readers happen to be 12 year old girls reading this

I should probably delete the above statement, but I'm not going to)

( because I'm rebellious like that)

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First things first. Yes, my husband did profess his smoldering hot love for me publicly on this blog. And yes, now you know my secret... that sometimes, maybe on a slight occasion I do indeed call my husband Sugga Daddy. But there is one thing you must know; It is only said while no one is around and we are in the privacy of our own home AND it must be done with a southern drawl.

Moving on...

So I kind of felt like a Valentine's Day over achiever this year. I sat down and designed these valentine's day cards for the kids, printed them off, cut them down, and got cute little candies to go with it. Abrie's had Sweet tarts and Kaleb's had Pop Rocks... because naturally, all the first and second grade kids would recognize the clever play on words. And probably, when they go home with all their treasured Valentine's Day surprises they would gently pull out Abrie's and Kaleb's, look at it adoringly, and build a custom 2x3 frame just to put their cards in. Because first and second graders are thoughtful and appreciative like that.

Abrie & Kaleb were pretty excited to have their faces on the cards this year. And as they thanked me for my efforts Abrie so lovingly pointed out that I missed the 'THE' on "I think you're THE 'tweet'est". Unfortunately, I wasn't about to go back and redo the work I just did. I'm just crossing my fingers that most of her second grade class is illiterate.

My final thoughts on custom Valentine's:

Sure the cards are cute and fun, but will I ever do it again? Probably not. I think these cards were more for me than they were for them. I think Valentine's is about the memories of them scribbling and creating their own cards to give to their friends and being excited that they did it all by themselves. The end.

And to Nate, I give you this...

It's just a little poem I made up all by myself with the help of Dan Baird. Am I totally dating myself?

And last, but not least...

[insert funny Valentine's Day vlog of me and Nate]

Unfortunately, Nate is feeling a little shy about me publishing our little video we made together. I'm still working on him and I'm sure with a little gentle nudging from you and me he could easily be persuaded. Keep the faith. Don't lose hope. That video will soon be making an appearance.

Happy Valentine's Day my friends!

xoxo

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