Valentine's Day

I think my post yesterday was a bit selfish. I really love that shirt I had on, so I wanted to showcase it in a few wardrobe shots. It was actually a Valentine's present to myself--once again, selfish. Today, however, I realized that in my selfishness I failed to mention my lovely family and the big role they played in my happy Valentine's day--and all my happy days for that matter. I was also completely showered in love by my students. They are so much fun to teach and were especially sweet that day.
In fact, one kinda tough kid gave me a Valentine's note, which I accidentally shrugged off as a little unimportant based on how sloppy the writing was. It wasn't until later (when behavior became a problem) that I realized I had hurt his feelings by not paying more attention to the note's message. See, selfish a-hole. I had to keep him after class to apologize for not taking his Valentine seriously.
When I got home, I was greeted by a dozen beautiful orangey-pink roses and one ever so grumpy toddler--that's OK though. Not only that, Ian made dinner. Oh yeah...and I also had another dozen red roses sent to me in the mail with an unsigned note reading 'to the love of my life'. I was totally convinced my mom sent them to me just in case the hubs forgot.

Turns out, they were from Ian all along, which he didn't own up to until the next day. Sweet huh?

We all ate a nice dinner together then the kids got to have their Valentine's treats. The littles got sock monkeys and matchbox cars, and A. got a Lego Ninja--and of course, there was chocolate all around. There goes the diet for a few days!

Along with the goodies, I always make the kids Valentines. I put them away each year, and will probably keep them forever.

After the babies had all gone to bed (including the hubs), the TV and I ended Valentine's day with the Bachelor. So romantic.

Overall it was a nice day. I hope you all had a nice one too!
~L