L-O-V-E

Valentine's Day was different this year because Mike had to attend a two day work function.  Kind of crazy scheduling by someone at his work given the holiday, esp. when some people had to fly in for the event, but it was what it was.  That aside, it was still a nice holiday.  Meredith had her class party and Valentine exchange at school yesterday and Thomas had his today.  But the highlight of their Valentine's Day was having friends over this evening. 

Since Mike wasn't going to be home today, I offered to watch a friend's kids so she and her husband could have a nice evening together.  Her husband just started a new job that they needed to celebrate and she's a fabulous cook so she put together a romantic, surprise dinner in for them tonight -- and her kids came over to play with Thomas and Meredith!  We played in our jammies, baked pretzels, did some art work, made dinner, rolled out some sugar cookies and later frosted them, did a bunch of dancing on the wii, ran amuck all over the house, all brushed teeth together and ended the evening with 30 minutes of me reading to them.  They all had so much fun together -- and I know my two dropped like flies the second they laid down for bed tonight.  It was a very good evening, indeed! 

Hope your Valentine's Day was special!