That's what my friend Liz refers to Valentines Day as.  After 20 years of marriage and several children later, apparently the magic is gone.  It's a lot of pressure on married people to have be all romantic on a Thursday in February.  I feel really sorry for the single people.  I have a friend who is single and has roses delivered to herself at her office every Valentines with a really sexy note.  Brilliant! 

I have to say, ever since Lily has come into our lives Valentines has been even better.  She makes us these lovely cards that have "I love you mom" written all over them...so of course I'm happy.  I bought some cute little one-bite cupcakes for her to take to class so she was just thrilled this morning.  She insisted on carrying them herself.  She slipped twice on the ice with them but fortunately they're okay (so is she).  It was a drama free morning because of those cupcakes!  I think I'll be buying her cupcakes every day from now on.

My husband and I started dating the week before Valentines.  Talk about pressure.  He gave me a card that had a picture of a camera on it with the caption, "Happy Valentines....let's see what develops."  Very noncomittal.  We laugh about it to this day......18 years later.

What did your kids make for you this Valentines?