Happy Valentine's Day!!

Wow!  Two posts in one day!  Well this one is short(er)!  The only reason I am making 2 posts is because as I viewed the 1^st entry and saw the date, I remembered that today is Valentine’s Day.  I’m not super big on Valentine’s Day and I never have been.  My husband and I made a mutual decision many years ago to not celebrate it.  It was always kinda stressful for me, really!  Ha!  In all honesty, we prefer to just show each other we love one another in fun ways at random times!  It’s a lot more adventurous that way, in my opinion!!  Anyway…  Our son, on the other hand, is an avid celebrator of EVERY single holiday there is (except Presidents day and Columbus day and such)!  He absolutely LOVES to decorate his bedroom for the holiday and be as festive as possible!  This leads me to one of my downfalls (side rant!).  Television…  I tend to try to do a lot of things around the house when he’s home.  Or do things I want taken care of uninterrupted.  So he watches more TV than I would like.  It’s something I’ve cut back on with him, but not as much as necessary.  My point with the TV talk is that he gets so many ideas for holidays from his TV shows!  It’s great, but a little overwhelming at the same time!

But you know what?  This little boy has been SUCH an inspiration to me.  I can’t even begin to express how much.  One example is today!  Valentine’s Day!  A few days ago I took him to the Dollar Tree and let him pick out $5 worth of decorations for his room.  These trips we take (for every holiday!!!) make my son the happiest little boy on the planet!  It warms my heart!  Such simplicity, but it’s such a big deal to him and means so much.  I guess it really is the small things in life!

He also inspired me to make heart-shaped pink pancakes this morning for breakfast.  He wasn’t as appreciative or excited about it as I had hoped he would be, but I actually got some enjoyment out of it myself and my husband was quite impressed!  I got the idea from something someone posted on Facebook.  Ya gotta love Facebook!  Anyhow…  I attached the picture of my pancakes below!  If anyone is interested in how I did it, let me know and I’ll get cha in the know on the heart-shaped pancake biz!  Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!!