I know that I have Christmas and Sutton's birthday to share about yet but thought I'd share how our Valentines' Day went. Not that it is an overly interesting story but it was a day in our life. And a memorable one for me. :)
I am potty-training Bodie. Usually I let Bodie run around without pants on and keep him on the linoleum so that he isn't having accidents on the carpet. I just want him to become aware of when he goes... Anywho, we decided to get a new company for internet. The technician (a man named Jim) was to come yesterday between 10a-12n. I couldn't have Bodie running around half-naked so I didn't put a diaper on him and just put pants on. It was a few minutes before 10a I smelled something.....he had gone number two in his pants.....I pulled the pants off so carefully but he still ended up with a brown leg....ewwww. So I was able to get that cleaned off before the man got here. It probably still smelled like poo.... I decided that we were forgoing potty training for the day. hehe
I had a list of things to do: I wanted to make a craft with the kids and just make the day special, a candle-lit dinner for supper for the fam so I had dinner to get ready and I wanted to bake a heart cake for dessert, I knew something was going to be delivered (Mark told me to expect something today in case they needed to call me first), laundry to do, the floor was covered in dog hair but I had Chester out in the garage where the central vac leads and wasn't sure how he'd handle turning that on, the floor also needed a quick washing (which it needs practically every day), the counter (peninsula part) was full of things that just needed to be put away, AND I wanted to try to get some school in with the kids. After thinking about my list, I decided since it since it was a holiday it's a fun day and we were just going to make the craft for school.
First during breakfast, I was looking for a Valentine's movie on netflix but couldn't find one but Sutton saw this and HAD to watch it!
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| MONSTER TRUCKS!!! |
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| This is them watching it. haha Zoned for all 25 minutes. |
We started watching "Hello, Kitty" for Laina but then the cable/internet guy came. And after I had cleaned the floor, he didn't even need to be in the kitchen using the phone jack that I thought he was going to need. He needed the cable up in my bedroom. Thank goodness I am good about keeping my room clean and my bed made! And he was here when I got my delivery so that kinda took away from the moment. hehe
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| Aren't they beautiful!? They came with a box of chocolates. First time I think that I have ever gotten chocolates! |
I was able to make the craft with the kids but they didn't like it because they had to touch goey glue (it took me probably about 45 minutes to get the craft ready - it was making hearts our of yarn and glue but i find the recipe to make the glue) so their hands got gross but I made them do it because sometimes it's OK to get yucky!!
Oh, by the way, I bought Mark the candy hearts he likes a couple days
ago but he saw them and then was playing with the package by throwing it
in the air. The bag dropped and broke open so he said that he "needs to
eat them otherwise they're going to get hard and gross (whatever allows
me to eat them early)." Most of his Valentine's present was gone by the
time it was Valentines' Day but Laina decorated a can and we put what
was left in it at his place at the table
I didn't get the cake frosted or dinner made until after Mark got home. But I DID have the table set when the kids got up from nap/quiet time. Laina said, "Pretty!"
When I lit the candles at supper, Sutton asked if we were going to sing "Happy Birthday."
After dinner we watched a movie together.
All in all the day was crazy busy (what day isn't?!) but it was a really nice day.
