I've always been one of those people that believes Valentine's Day is nothing more than a marketing ploy to get you to spend money. Call me a pessimist if you want, but seriously, don't run out and buy me something just because that's what you're *supposed to* do on this day. (Unless, of course, it's a new Coach purse or something like that.) I'm more like "order me a pizza and we'll veg out on the couch tonight". I mean, honestly, how am I supposed to spare 2 hours waiting in line for dinner when I've got 2 hours of American Idol sitting on the DVR?!?
So when I received a list of "Braedyn's Valentine Class List" earlier in the week, you can imagine my confusion. Umm, does this mean we have to start buying Valentine cards for others at the ripe age of 2? I mean, Braedyn can't even say the word Valentine, let alone comprehend the concept. I showed Ben the class list, and he claimed that it was "only if you want to participate, but you don't have to". Of course, I knew better than to take his word for it. So after confirming with another mom friend at work, I trudged to the dreaded Walmart on my lunch hour to scour the aisles for Valentine crap.
With 12 toddlers and 7 teachers to buy for (yep, you read that right, 7 different teachers between Braedyn & Chase), my ultra-cheap side came out. So I found a bunch of $1 cookie tins for the kids, and even though I felt pretty cheap buying them, I couldn't justify spending anything more on these germ-spreading toddlers. So I waited the standard 15 minutes in the crap-tastic Walmart line, and took everything to school with Braedyn today for his Valentine's Day party.
After we all came home today, I was going through Braedyn's bag of Valentine goodies...err, I mean cards and lollipops. Can I just say that if I knew it would've been okay to just give a Valentine card or a card attached to a lollipop, I would've saved myself alot of time and stress!! And to top it all off, Braedyn didn't care about the Valentine bag or what was inside of it. All he cared about was the 49-cent helium balloon attached to it. So I think it's safe to say that this is just the beginning of my "Huh? I don't get it." mom moments. How can the simplest stuff be oh-so-confusing?
So when I received a list of "Braedyn's Valentine Class List" earlier in the week, you can imagine my confusion. Umm, does this mean we have to start buying Valentine cards for others at the ripe age of 2? I mean, Braedyn can't even say the word Valentine, let alone comprehend the concept. I showed Ben the class list, and he claimed that it was "only if you want to participate, but you don't have to". Of course, I knew better than to take his word for it. So after confirming with another mom friend at work, I trudged to the dreaded Walmart on my lunch hour to scour the aisles for Valentine crap.
With 12 toddlers and 7 teachers to buy for (yep, you read that right, 7 different teachers between Braedyn & Chase), my ultra-cheap side came out. So I found a bunch of $1 cookie tins for the kids, and even though I felt pretty cheap buying them, I couldn't justify spending anything more on these germ-spreading toddlers. So I waited the standard 15 minutes in the crap-tastic Walmart line, and took everything to school with Braedyn today for his Valentine's Day party.
After we all came home today, I was going through Braedyn's bag of Valentine goodies...err, I mean cards and lollipops. Can I just say that if I knew it would've been okay to just give a Valentine card or a card attached to a lollipop, I would've saved myself alot of time and stress!! And to top it all off, Braedyn didn't care about the Valentine bag or what was inside of it. All he cared about was the 49-cent helium balloon attached to it. So I think it's safe to say that this is just the beginning of my "Huh? I don't get it." mom moments. How can the simplest stuff be oh-so-confusing?
Why does my 6-month old look like a 10-month old?
Little Chasey enjoying his time with Daddy.
Braedyn using Daddy as a trampoline, it's his new favorite game. Sorry about your luck Ben, but better you than me.
3 comments:
Valentines...I wait until the 15th and tell Hubby to get the chocolate on sale! It's really a holiday for new couples and new love, but that's just me.
I think it's silly for the daycare to make parents celebrate at their age, especially since the kids don't really care!
I wish you would have asked! lol! Buy the 2.99 box of cards (usually 24 or so in box) and a bag of candy for them to distribute w/ the card. You were the "cool mom" this year, now it will be expected! lol! Just kidding...cards and candy will be sufficient!
Ditto on Jennifer's response. $2.99box of cards at CVS and call it a day. It just ends up in the trash anyhow. LOL... Start phoning a friend. The boys are so cute. They are getting so big.
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