Valentine’s Weekend
Just in case…just in case ya’ll forgot where we live. Here is cattle grazing, not more than a mile from our home!
The girls had a Birthday Tea Party to go to. Here they are, freezing cold, but very excited!
The Birthday Tea Party left Noah and I with some private father and son time. So what did we do? Well…for starters, we dropped the girls off at their Tea Time, and then rushed home. I forgot to bring out Noah’s shoes! When it’s 20 degrees outside, you tend to rush, herd the kids into the car, get them buckled in, daipers, wipes, jackets…I overlooked SHOES! We rushed home, and then rushed out to grab some Valentine’s Day balloons. The cheap-o in me has a hard enough time buying flowers at normal prices (which I admittedly don’t really do)…but to pay the 500% Valentines Day markup?…sorry Emily! So this has been the alternative as of late, balloon boquets, they last longer than roses (actually, roses have an exceptionally SHORT life span, making their purchase an even worse economic reality!). Plus, the balloons also double for the kids as toy clubs and fencing swords! OK…all romance is now complete gone. Ha…hope you like the balloons, Happy Valentine’s Day!
After the balloon purchases, I took Noah to see the Lee’s Summit train station, where there is a Red Caboose on display. Needless to say, the little guy was SO EXCITED!
But get this, the historic train station also doubles as a live Amtrak station. And lo and behold, while we were driving away a live one pulled in! Noah just about went nuts. To actually see, a real train this close, to feel it as it rumbled by, to see it completely dwarf us in our car…I think he was undone!
We came back home to find a box in the mail from Ayi-2, Uncle-2, and Lina. The kids got a Valentine’s all the way from Los Angeles! The girls got purses, bags (made by Liz with their names stitched on), and an assortment of candy. Noah got a bag with car stickers. He was ooohhhing and aaahhing over the stickers.
I took a late shower, around 4am, and heard Noah calling out to me. He can be a light sleeper, and sometimes the shower wakes him up, since it’s adjacent to his room. I got out of the shower and told him to go lie down in my bed. When I finally got dried and changed, I found him sitting, very wide awake, on my bed with the stickers in his hand. This would be a normal picture of a kid with his fun stickers…except its 4:02 in the morning!!!
And finally, my VERY CRAFTY wife made these super cute Valentine holders.
those are such GREAT photos of the trains!
and i can’t believe emily made those holders..woah!!
WOW! those boxes are awesome emily!!! i LOVE them!!!
thanks, guys. you should see the inside, it’s a complete mess. and thanks for the confidence, leener!
The train station looks like so much fun! What a day for Noah! And Emily, those holders look so cute!
the purple bug is super cute, emily! very impressive! and jon, i like your idea of the balloon bouquet! a gift that will last AND doubles as a toy for the kids! what a great money-saving idea in this economy! (hope emily liked them too…)
what cute valentine holders emily!!
haha..nice bouquet..and emily, you can sell those gifts online! start a business…scarves, gifts, accessories, etc!
emily! WOW. i can’t believe you made that! good job!
noah’s so funny holding onto the stickers in the middle of the night haha!
am i to understand that from your sisters’ comments–that you don’t do crafty things very often?
haha. just kidding.
hahaha! i should start baking, huh, lillian?! i think my sisters may just FAINT!
(let me clarify…faint at the thought that i bake, not b/c my baking is so great. i don’t think i would even attempt such a thing!)
ben, you’re so funny. you are always trying to get the sisters to start a business! haha. scarves and valentine boxes…i can see the orders piling in now!