Valentines Day with kids - It's the best!
Posted by Mary Rogul on Sun, Feb 14, 2010 @ 01:17 PM
I woke up this morning with the usual "20 things I need to do by the end of the day" mindset that I have on a weekend morning. Followed by a night of being up every two hours with a sick baby, 6:30am felt like 3am. I don't mind it all that much. I mean what was I expecting with two little ones, two years apart.
But something made my day special-
My husband who was up very late working, got up with my three year old and I could hear them busily up to somthing downstairs in the kitchen. Bleary eyed, I tried to rock my 10 month old to sleep and surprisingly he went back to bed. I decided to also return to bed for what I hoped would be 30 minutes or so, but 10 minutes in, my baby was up for the day.
Before going to get him for the long day ahead, I opened my dresser drawer and pulled out the 3 valentines day cards I got for my boys. An owl valentine for my baby boy Nathan, Snoopy for my 3 year old Alex, and a one sentence, "you are the best thing that ever happened to me" valentine for the hubby.
I scooped up the baby and brought my cards downstairs to give to the boys, and to my surprise, my sleep deprived husband and toddler were making valentines of their own. I heard my hubby say to Alex, go say Happy Valentines Day Mom. My adorable toddler walked over to me with the proudest, brightest smile he could muster and he handed me his own hand made valentine. It was by far the most beautiful thing I had ever received!
The best part, as he handed it to me he said; Happy Va-ka-lines Day, I made this for you Mom!
He let me read it and then gave me the biggest hug and kiss ever. I don't know about you folks, but that made me cry. It's sort of in line with my wedding day.
Having kids is the hardest, but best thing I've ever done in my life. All kidding aside, that is a moment I will never forget for the rest of my life.
