Valentines Day is one of those holidays for me. Along with Halloween. A holiday which the kids (and marketers) love, but I kind of dread. There's just a lot to do to get the kids ready for their school parties, and maybe I'm too lazy, but... I never feel much love for Valentines Day. It's fun in preschool, for your first child, but... after 10 years or so I've just kind of lost my enthusiasm.
The kids had big parties in their classrooms. Josie and I went to the parties mostly to be able to help Steven count his carbs... I gave him an extra dose of insulin to account for whatever he ate at the party. Usually he only gets insulin with meals and at night before bed. But, in order to still have fun with his classmates eating all sorts of Junk Food at school (at his desk even!), he needed an extra dose. He ended up eating over 115 g of carbs... He had ice cream, gummy bears, chocolate kisses, chips, Capri Sun, lollipops... Yes, the teachers hold these parties at the end of the day so that the sugared-up kids can burn it off at their own houses!
The main job of Valentines day for me is filling in the Valentines day cards... We don't give out goody bags, just the cards... We bought our cards in January during one of the snow days. We filled out the cards last weekend. It was fun to see Luke try to fill in all his cards for his classmates without even referring to the class list. He only forgot one name. He didn't spell every name correctly, but he could read their names and was able to distribute the cards to the right person. This was a big improvement for him. He is really coming a long way in reading and writing. Math seems to be clicking as well. For example, the other day he was able to tell me how old everyone will be when Josie is a Big Kid. Apparently, this happens at the age of 6. Luke told me that he will be 10, Steven and Isabel will be 13 (shoot me now!), and Kate will be 19. And I will be 39. He did all that math in his head! Not too shabby! Anyway, last year was a big battle to get the Valentines filled out and addressed... He ended up just writing his name on all his cards because he couldn't legibly write out the names of his classmates, and he certainly couldn't read the names of classmates... It was fun this year to see him actually be able to fill out the Valentines independently.
The kids made Valentines for Great Grandma too. The following is a snippet from Isabel's card. I'm sure she'd just about die from embarrassment if she knew I was writing this, but it's so cute. And so very Isabel.
"Dear Great Grandma... I love you with all my heart! I would live with you for the rest of my life if I had to live with only one person, but I might of picked my mom or my friend named Nana, though!" So funny. Anyway, Grandma if you're reading this, the actual, illustrated card is on the way!
After all the celebrations at school, the kids were really, really hyper. Bouncing off the walls. Josie ate a significant amount of chocolate, too. She enjoys these school class parties more than the kids probably! The kids spent the rest of the day running around the house causing mayhem. Mac came home late, but just in time to help put the older kids to bed. After that, he ate a little bit and went off to the gym to exercise.
He came home at about 11 pm on Valentines day. And he brought with him this:
Here are some more views of the flowers...
Alas, much as I appreciate the rescuing of flowers, I told Mac that he really doesn't need to prop up this Valentines day marketing scheme of mass producing roses and selling them at huge profit margins... I "let him off the hook" so to say... Maybe a Starbucks next year? Or some Thai Takeout? Just not a stuffed bear. PLEASE not a stuffed bear.
Anyway, that was Valentines day at our house! Next big school party? St. Patrick's Day. I kid you not. There will be a party and lots of sugar consumed...
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