Before children, Jared and I never celebrated Valentine's Day (much to my dismay). But now that we have kiddos, I have an excuse to celebrate even the most unimportant of holidays. All we last week, we did something pertaining to Valentine's Day. Whether it was making our own Valentine's Day cards for our Homeschool Co-op party, making placemats, stringing red ribbon with white hearts over the lights in the kitchen, learning all about the heart shape, making pom poms, or just reading books all about kisses and hugs, we surely had a very festive Valentine's Day.
I laugh at myself because this past weekend my parents came to visit which is such fun and always a big deal. However, I have no pictures to post of them or them with the kids. Why is it that I always fail in this arena? I mean I have gotten so much better at picking up the camera or taking it along with me (especially now that we have a small digital that fits nicely in my purse), but I still can't remember to take pictures of other people besides my children. Oh well. I do see my mom's shadow against the tub in the picture above. Does this count?
I must say though that I am quite proud of my little placemats. I am not a "crafty" person. I must rely on other "creative" people for such ideas. You may look at this as my friend Rebecca did last night and say, "but Meg you are so very crafty. " And to that I say, ok, well, I am crafty with a side of impatience. It has to be an easy and very rewarding project or otherwise I say a lot of four little words (to myself). These placemats were easy with one exception. I could not find a laminating machine big enough in this small town (I was tempted to sneak into one of the schools and just laminate away). So I had to order a roll of laminate, roll it out, cut, peel off, and stick on. My goal was to have placemats that I can put away and pull out again for the next several years. I think its going to work just fine. The pom poms of course were the easiest thing in the world to do and I will cover these with garage bags and store in the attic for repeat use. Has anyone done this??? Do they hold up? By the way, please excuse the nasty intake, filter, air condition thingy behind the chairs on the wall. Ugly isn't it?
I must say though that my husband did rally for the cheesy holiday and purchased a beautiful orchid for me from him and the boys. Sweetest thing. I love it and I am hoping I will be able to keep it alive. Sadly, I have no picture.
And of course I cannot forget to post about the lovely "pow" (as Alder says) that fell so delicately all day on Friday. Pah! to all you Global Warming believers. "Pow" does not fall in lower Alabama. I mean it just doesn't and in the last 3 years it has snowed a handful times. I think once a year at least. Last year, we got snow on March 1st. Its just the craziest thing.
I forgot how snow is actually a form of precipitation and that when you stand, walk, or play in it long enough you will get wet. Yuck! But the walk was fun and worth all the wet clothes and cold, drippy noses.
And as if we were not cold and wet enough already! Thank you Alder for always crazy and intense personality.
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