A Touch of Valentine

Last night I got out my few Valentine's things after the boys went to bed and what does Blue comment on in the morning? A new bar of a soap I put in the boy's bathroom. Not only did he act excited about this new bar of soap he called Kaden over to see it too. (Who had the appropriate reaction - Um, it's just soap.) I mean, it's not even an exciting scent or color.

We don't have a mantel.  Duh, it's Florida.  Well, I say that but both my mom and mother-in-law have decorative mantels (no fireplaces, just mantels). Instead of a mantel for displaying knickknacks I have this piece of furniture:

My favorite thing I put out is this Valentines picture collage I put together last year.


So this stuff plus Valentines placemats on the table, plus a small Valentine towel in the guest bath and Valentines dish towels in the kitchen. Not exciting but still more interesting than a bar of soap.

Thanks to the kids underwhelmed response I got busy on some heart garland today. A long strand in the kitchen, four hanging in front of the dining room window and more wrapped around the dining room light.

Thank you pinterest for the idea to make heart garland using the different colors you can collect from a paint samples stand in Home Depot or somewhere - so that's what the long one is.  But since the color isn't on both sides I had to glue hearts together (because it turns) and that was extra work. All the other garlands are hearts punched from scrapbook paper I already had where the color is the same on both sides.

As I was hanging things Toby went into the cabinets where I keep all the kids art supplies, got out a coloring book and one orange crayon, brought it to the table, climbed up in a chair, and started coloring.

Um, my baby is acting entirely too big and independent.

Blue decided this was a good idea, got some more crayons, and joined him.

Right under my nose and zero comments on the heart garland. Well, Blue was excited when I stood on the table to put the garland on the light but his comment had nothing to do with the garland just the Mommy table standing. (Because I don't want him to copy this behavior, I told him I was NOT in fact standing on the table. He was imagining it. Think that'll work?)

I saw lots of centerpiece ideas online that use heart candy. I bet THAT would get their attention.

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[FRAN]

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