We never do anything too big and frilly for Valentine’s Day around here. Its not as easy to get away for date time, and specifically this year, we just day tripped to Edmonton a few weeks back, which we figured would pretty much double as celebrations for Valentine’s Day and our anniversary. That being said, we had a lovely day together!
It started first thing in the morning, actually, when something thats been making us feel incredibly stressed and overwhelmed lately was cleared up and taken care of!!! What an enormous relief!! It was an amazing way to start the day! We had breakfast with the kids as soon as we made our way upstairs, and Rowan ate an unbelievable amount of food. I’m so amazed at how much he can pack away since he’s really gotten into eating solids and has kiboshed his milk. He still has a good bottle before bed, but thats it, and he likes it that way. Win!
After breakfast, we hauled everyone down into our room, and Brady showered while I did my makeup, and the kids played in our bed and ran around and we just spent some time all together, getting ready for the day. It was really low key, and felt very normal for us, which was nice. Things haven’t felt “normal” for a while around here. But it was a good morning 🙂
We went to my parents for the afternoon and evening, which is our normal Sunday routine. I had promised to bring a dessert, even though my mom has tons of delicious things on hand, just to contribute something yummy and festive from our family. But of course, baking didn’t work out last night, and I ended up ducking into Cold Stone on our way to their place. I’m pretty sure no one can shut down those cookie ice cream sandwiches anyway. But then we went their way. We had an unreasonably good lunch, where I ate my body weight in rice and chicken and golden mushroom sauce and honey glazed cooked carrot. My gosh, I can still taste it all. I should have asked for leftovers for a late night snack… It was SO good. Then we visited the afternoon away while Rowan napped and the big kids stayed up and chatted and argued and played. We had a faspa supper and then tidied up before heading on our way. The kids were sad to go but it was nice and past their bedtime, so it had to be done.
Brady and I decided to treat ourselves to a pink Starbucks drink on our way home, just in order to do something a little bit Valentine’s Day-ish. We each got a white chocolate mocha with some raspberry syrup, and we both really really liked them!! Don’t question Bradys manhood over this. It was that good. Like a raspberry and cream filled chocolate.
We are now home, and all three kids are tucked away. I think we’re going to hot tub for a bit and then call it a night. I know, we sure know how to party. But while tomorrow is a stat for most, Brady is going to work the morning. It will make our plans for the rest of the day and for Tuesday run so nice and smooth, so thats the plan! I’ll miss him, but this just makes the best sense.
I hope you all felt cherished by someone today, regardless of who it was. More importantly, though, I hope you feel cherished everyday. Valentines Day is a fun tradition, but I know lots of people who are against it because they think it promotes the idea that people only have to be thoughtful and caring on that one day, when really they should be loving every day. I definitely agree that we should be loving and feel loved every day, so be THAT person. Don’t be the person who only shows love when they “have” to. Show love always!
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