Do you know why I’m so late posting this today? Because it’s Monday. It is. It has felt like a Monday all day long. I think I’m a little bit bitter because up until late yesterday afternoon we were forecasted to have some significant ice and I was looking forward to spending President’s Day at home in my pajamas. The girls were out of school today, so it pretty much stinks that I was creeping out the door while everyone was still tucked in and snug. Instead of focusing too much on the Mondays, let’s look at a few fun snapshots of our Valentine’s weekend.
Friday was the day of Valentine’s Day parties and exchanging of sweet little tokens with our friends. I shared our cards a few weeks ago, but if you missed it, this is what we made for our school friends. Sophie woke up on the wrong side of the bed that morning and nothing would make her happy. In an attempt to cheer her up, I planned to drop her off at my parents’ house to ride into school with my mom. I thought surely a change of scenery would help! I met my mom at the end of her driveway and had just snapped Tazzie into her seat in my mom’s car when she proceeded to throw up everywhere. Now, mom and I are both late. She drove her car back to the house and we walked because I didn’t want to put her back in my clean car! In case you don’t know, my parents live on 12 acres, so it was a long walk in 25* weather and I was wearing SHORT SLEEVES. I finally got her back home with her daddy and even though she missed her party, she got a box of sweet preschool Valentines delivered that afternoon.
See those mason jars right there? I was planning something completely different for teacher gifts when I stumbled across those at TJMaxx. They were $1.99!! I bought every one they had and have them stashed in the gift drawer. I’m guessing they will come in handy at some point. We filled them with chocolate hugs and kisses and sent them off to school.
Josh and I had agreed not to swap Valentine’s Day gifts this year, so imagine my surprise when I got a delivery of two dozen tulips. This photo does them no justice — they are now open and perfectly droopy and look beautiful on my desk at home. As if that isn’t precious enough, he also sent a delivery to a good friend of mine who has had a rough couple of weeks. She called me to tell me that I have the best husband ever because he sent her a box of yummy treats. Who does that?!
When I stopped by my mom’s to pick up Ella after school, she had given the girls these sweet heart shaped chalkboards. Sophie promptly drew a kissy face on hers. I die.
We opted for dinner at home instead of finding a sitter and braving the crowded restaurants. Josh cooked us up some yummy filets in the oven and I roasted broccoli and made twice baked potatoes. There was plenty of good music, conversation and maybe some dancing in the kitchen while we cooked.
On Sunday, we all slept late and spent the day in our pajamas. I hate that we missed church, but Ella was at a kids function for 8 hours on Saturday and Sophie was still a little under the weather. I was at my desk working on some design projects when Josh texted me this picture of them in our bed. Sophie decided his neck was the perfect Kindle prop!
It was a holiday, so let’s just ignore all the junk food wrappers in this trashcan, okay? I was still expecting a “snow day” so we had indulged ourselves at the grocery store earlier in the weekend. Sophie’s favorite Barbie had a little mishap later Sunday afternoon and no matter how hard I tried she could not be resurrected. I found this scene when I got up later to cook dinner and I couldn’t help but laugh! No glamorous funeral services for her.
After watching approximately 68 episodes of Sons of Anarchy over the weekend, we took a break and let the kids bring ice cream to our room for a snack. Josh and I never watch TV in the living room — there just isn’t enough seating for everyone to spread out comfortably — and it’s rare for the girls to hang out in our room after dark. They came armed with Mint Chocolate Chip AND Extreme Moosetracks and were pretty proud of our little ice cream picnic.
I slept as long as possible this morning, so I didn’t get to do my daily reading before work today. Fortunately, I had a few minutes mid-morning and had to laugh at where God led me today. If you know me at all then you now I don’t know how to be still or be quiet. These are not my strong suits. I always love it when God speaks directly to my heart — especially on a Monday morning!
