Valentine’s Day

Such a busy day!!

I was supposed to go to Harrisburg to help with the Make A Wish bucket brigade, but after Arden got sick I decided it would probably be best for me to sick around town just in case the school called. Plus, I knew I’d be out all afternoon with the kids parties and I had some stuff I needed to get done at the office.

Here is our crew from Armor, in the safety vests I had customized! Never a dull moment!

 

School got out early for teacher inservice, so Stratton’s party was at 12:30. The parking lot was packed. I had to park way over by the football field house and walk-in the rain. The things we do for our kids!

This is Stratton and his friend Jaston. The two blondies and the two tallest. They cracked me up.

After the school party, we left and went to Arden’s party which was at 2pm. I didn’t get any pictures there. She had already ruined her Valentine outfit before we even got out the door that morning, and basically all they did was give them some cookies and cheetos! So there wasn’t much to document.

After we left the daycare we ran home and I changed Stratton’s clothes real fast and got Arden some milk and then we were gone again! We headed over to Amy and Juliet’s house to meet them to leave for South Haven to see the Disney Live, Pirates and Princesses show! Arden got to stay with Amy’s mom, Mrs. Cindy (also her sunday school teacher) until Jarrod got off work. We were a little late since traffic was horrendous. But the kids had a good time and the show was cute. (Note to self: If we ever go back to the Landers Center get seats on the floor, or as close as possible!) Our seats were pretty high, and the way it’s laid out you feel like you are right on top of people in front of you- I almost got sick, it made me so dizzy! There was also a very large group of what Amy thinks was gypsies. They were crazy looking. I don’t even know how to describe them. The women were all young, dark hair and LOADS of makeup and overdone hair. The little girls looked much the same, just smaller versions of the women, high heels and all! The only difference is the little girls had on outfits (scandalous for their age) and the women mostly had on SUPER tight white jeans with airbrushing up the sides- I have never seen anything like it!! The little boys looked like they were from a different era almost with black or white jeans, a short sleeve button up shirt under a tshirt with the sleeves rolled up and their pants were rolled up as well. A lot of the boys shirts and jackets were airbrushed with names on them, that I think might have been the name of a girl? Strange. I saw teeny tiny babies with what little hair they had curled and make up on! They all had on red, black and white, and some of the little girls had on some pink. I should have been less embarrassed and just took some pictures of these weird folks!

Stratton with his “real” sword

Stratton and Juliet (and a few the more normal looking gypsies behind them)

Saturday, I got my fabulous Valentine’s day present- which was a night away with a friend to a B&B in Hardy! Jarrod and our friend Ryan arranged the getaway on Friday and had made Erica and I a room reservation and dinner reservations for Saturday night! Jarrod worked Saturday morning, so we didn’t leave till around 3pm. We got to the B& B around 5, it was nothing too spectacular, but it was nice. We had a really nice dinner there at the B&B that is also a steakhouse on the weekends and then we went back to our room where we read, and relaxed! We didn’t even turn the TV on! Ha! It was so nice and quiet! We got up on Sunday, had breakfast then headed back! It was short lived, but so nice to get away! Our hubbys did GOOD!!