Valentine's Day 2012

Valentine's Day 2012 started off with the horrible sound of the alarm clock buzzing. Yuck! I really hate waking up so abruptly to such an annoying sound. Last night when I set the alarm clock, I didn't set it correctly, so we literally had 35 minutes to get ready for work & school! It was absolute craziness! I told the kids that they had to eat and get dressed before I would allow them to get their Valentine's Day gifts from me and Dominic. They managed to get ready in record time! There was no complaining about getting hair brushed. No fighting about what flavor cereal bar was needed for snack recess. Nick hurried out to my car to start it and turn the heater on. This is his absolute favorite thing to do. He takes so much pride in making sure the car is ready and not cold. He feels so grown up! It is super easy for him to do since my car has the push button ignition. That boy loves his mama! Anyway, once everyone was dressed and ready they were able to get their VD gifts. Gianna was excited to get a pink guitar strap as well as some candy. Gianna started playing the electric guitar about 6 weeks ago. She loves it! She really would like to get an acoustic guitar as well. I would prefer her to learn on an acoustic guitar, but we already had the electric guitar. I am hoping to get her a nice acoustic guitar for her birthday in July. She would appreciate it so much! The pink strap matches her pink guitar perfectly! I also got her a few guitar picks that are pink and say "Girls Rock". She really liked them. Nick was equally as excited to finally get a skateboard! He has wanted one since before Christmas. I have been afraid to buy him one because I don't want him to get hurt. I know.....I need to let him be a boy! He also got some candy. Nick said on his way to school that he can't wait to get home from school so he can go ride the skateboard! I am praying that he doesn't get a major injury before spring school pictures tomorrow! Yikes! Both kids happily brought their VD cards and mailbox to school with a platter of 50 cookies each for their class parties. They both looked so proud walking into school today with all of the goodies for their classmates.
Tonight for dinner, I am planning on making beef stroganoff with a veggie. We will probably have ice cream sundaes for dessert. Dominic and I celebrated VD this past weekend, so we will make tonight a family VD. I truly feel that VD is more for single people and kids. Dom and I never do anything major for Valentine's Day. It seems like such a big waste of money!
I hope that everyone has a great day and a very Happy Valentine's Day!