When Valentines Throws Up All Over Your House

First of all, for all the haters, I am not responsible for any feelings of nausea or eye-strain due to the repeated rolling-of-the-eyes motion that you may or may not do in the next few seconds. Read at your own risk... Even I agree that this is wonderfully ridiculous.


Our Valentines Day started with a little preview party provided by little miss sunshine herself. Nanny had taken her to shop for Valentines gifts over a month ago, and she has relished hoarding them since. (The phrase "my precious" comes to mind...) She wouldn't let anyone come close to her hiding place, and if they did, severe panic attack consequences ensued. However, on the eve of the Big Day, she escorted us one-by-one to express our awe over her scheming...

JB reveals her big secret hiding place 

which, of course, we all came to Ooh and Aah over

Gosh, I wish this sweetness would last forever!

She put her gifts out on the breakfast table before she went to bed, and when she woke up, the table looked like this...

Go big or go home, right?

Jane Bradley's response was my favorite, "Whoa." I was loving the gigantic balloons because I knew that just like how I used to be convinced that my grandmother's 7 ft. Christmas tree was a sure rival for Rockefeller Center, I knew they would think these things could hold their own in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade... 

When I saw this at the grocery store, I was prepared
to throw some elbows so I could be the one to bring it home

We all opened our Valentines Day tokens of mushy family love... Jane Bradley chose a coffee cup for her dad and drew him a picture of a football player with his number 6 on it.

A very special coffee mug

Jane Bradley's football player in pads w/ a curly #6 (backwards and upside down)
those football jersey numbers can be very confusing :)

I love that Brad gives Jane Bradley her own Valentine just from her daddy. He gave her the traditional roses and chocolates. He told me, "Man, I am going to have to warn her husband. He's gonna need to know what she's used to, or Boy, is he gonna be in trouble..." I thought that was hilarious, and I am sure that if Brad forgets, Jane Bradley will train him herself.

Flower excitement

We are not short on sugar at my house any longer!

Beckham got a new "Goccer Ball" and yes, those are heart-shaped Krispy Kremes for breakfast. I mean, how better do you spell breakfast love?

Krispy Kreme!

For lunch we had a special surprise lunch date with a top favorite Valentine of ours, Nanny, at a top-favorite place to eat, "the place with the purple couches" (aka Sweet Peppers).

lunch fun with Nanny 

 

My Valentines

The afternoon had traces of normalcy, nap time, reading time, and rest time for me. After all, I did have to get ready for a hot date who sent me flowers, balloons, and made surprise dinner reservations. It was a super-mushy Valentines Day, and now we can get back to all the regular Candyland square days... Jane Bradley did ask this morning, "Mom, how long until the big green day?" :)