This Valentine’s Day, there was love all over the place.
Dash spread some via Facetime to Bella.
Nonnie scored on a “Navy Special”.
And a phonetic speller hit it out of the park with this little love note.
“Iy Love My Famle”
I love my “Famle” too.
Navy and I chose manicures for our special date.
But first, we stopped at I Love Bagels, for some bagel sandwiches that we love.
And followed it up with a trip to The Wee Loft where we picked out little Valentine treats for everyone…which she LOVED doing.
And we finalized our date with a stop off at Yogurtland.
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She was so fun to be with, and we had a blast.
We decided that we need to get our nails done way more often, and that I Love Bagels has the best bagel sandwiches on earth!
We were supposed to be out of town for the long weekend, but plans changed.
So I decided that while we had extra time, I was going to take each kid on a special date.
Dash was first.
Dash and I started at Good Choice sushi, and then we decided to go to Dana Hills and see Nate play in his final basketball game.
We obviously dressed in blue, and cheered really loudly.
Dash got to pick a treat, and Ka was there to visit us at half time.
After the game, he trumped everyone and ran to give Nate his first hug.
Then Dash and I walked around the school, so I could show him what lockers are, where kids ate, and of course…where Daddy had his name on the wall.
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It is funny that I always think special dates are me treating the kids.
But I think I am the one who really gets the treat with this one on one time.
We had the best time.
And Dash was the perfect date. He got my door each time, he “payed” for dinner with my credit card, he and I talked about the moon in the car, and for one teeny tiny night, it was just the two of us.
I bet you can’t guess which box is Navy’s.
(Scout’s was exactly the same in his class.)
Hint: “One of these things is not like the other”.
Hint#2: The kids had the best idea when they were taking apart some computers a few days back.
I remember when I was little, Seth and I would take things apart — like an alarm clock, or a walkman.
So when Micah was going to trash these two computers, I told him we should let the kids take them apart, and they could understand the workings of a computer a little bit better.
He made it so fun for them.
He gave them a mini lesson on the insides, and then let them go to town with their own tools.
I’d take these activities over almost anything else!
This little girl sure likes this little boy.
And vice versa.
My kids earned a treat each to the Dollar Store. When getting there, Scout begged to go in by himself with the others. Since I turned to see Pippi sound asleep, I reluctantly agreed.
The rules were:
they stay together
no candy
one thing per person
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According to the pictures I took, from my car parked parallel to the window so I could see every move they made, I should have added “must wear shoes” to the rule list.
Some things I thought were obvious.
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I could see the guy checking them out questioning them as to where their mother was, and they pointed at me, and I waved to him. He was cool and smiled with a thumbs up.
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And when they came out?
To my dismay….they each had something slimey.
I HATE SLIMEY - and they all know it.
It ruins walls and ceilings and car carpet.
But like Scout said with a smirk on his face, “Mom…we followed the rules exactly!”
Every once in a while, Micah lets the kids “drive” home from the gate. This day, Dash drove, and parked right up on our grass. The kids think it is hilarious that they get to drive, and that Micah just parks it where they leave it. When the rest of us pulled up in my car, Scout and Navy were freaking out about the parking job, and cracking up that Dash couldn’t even get it into the driveway!
Pippi’s most commonly used word is “DADADADADA”.
She is pretty in to him.
But the feeling is mutual.
“The very best part of my day is when Pippi gets up in my arms, and lays her head down on me for one second.” - Micah
(And the one second time frame isn’t a casual reference to time….it is literally one second before she comes up with the next thing she wants to do.)
Sidenote: This picture is from when we were at the mall, and she said “DADADADA”, and he carried her the whole time we were there — pretty cute.
Just a 6 year old in hog heaven while she Easy Bakes.
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