Happy Monday... oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day!

So today is the day that I hear more people complaining about that not.  I think Valentine's Day loses it's appeal the older you get.  I remember being so excited about it when I was younger, being depressed by it when I was in my teens & twenties either because I didn't have anyone to spend it with or because I did have someone but whatever we did didn't measure up to my expectations...  I know, I was never happy.  Then I became a wife/mom and the holiday now means running around getting Valentine's for the kids to pass out, trying to make sure they all get filled out and delivered and all the other fun things that go along with "V-day."  All along I'm telling Ray not to spend money on the overpriced flowers but then giving a hard time for not sending me anything, however, if for one year, we could actually be in the same state for Valentine's Day things might be a little different! 

All in all though today was a good day.  I took the boys to school, where they go 2 days a week, and they were able to pass out their Valentine's at lunch.  Then I headed to Portland where I spent the morning with my mom doing our new favorite activity...  Thrift store shopping...  I'm telling you, nothing says "Love" more than purchasing someone Else's junk!  Yes, I do think I have a problem as I absolutely LOVE going to thrift stores.  You never know what you are going to find. 

Today happened to be a very, very good day for feeding my habit.  At least for the boys it was.  I came upon a HUGE bag of Legos at one of the stores!  I debated for about 30 seconds on purchasing them as the boys have a ton of Legos but I couldn't pass up this deal!  When I brought the package home (I had already started going through it to see what great treasures could be found) the kids were in heaven!   They dumped them out onto the kitchen table and sat their building for hours.  At one point in time they were told they could play some video games and although Matthew and Joshua ran to the games, Mr. L stayed at the table and just continued building.  A while later (after the games were turned off) Matthew and Joshua went back to the Lego pile and continued building.  It wasn't long until their friends were down and they all joined in on the fun!!! 

Besides the impromptu Lego purchase today the boys also received balloons and candy for Valentine's Day from their dad and I.  I was in the Dollar Tree today and they had these adorable monkey balloons.  Well, I had to have them.  You see, last Friday the boys and I went to the zoo with some friends for school.  As we approached the monkey exhibit, Matthew yells out "there's my real dad, the hairy one" and right inside the exhibit was a huge orangutan  sitting on top of a post.  Well there was about six or seven people there who heard Matthew and they all started laughing.  So, when I saw the monkey balloons I just had to get them!  The boys were quite happy, well at least after I explained to them that the balloons were representing their dad and not them.  Along with the balloons they also each received a box of gummy Mario bros candy.  Not sure which was the bigger hit!

Finally we ended the night with the boys' favorite dinner, orange french toast.  It is so easy to make and they absolutely love eating it! 

That was the end of our Valentine's Day.  Probably not the most exciting to some but it was a fun day for us!  Hope you all have had a good day too!