I ♥ U!

We decided to get a jump on Valentine's Day and open our presents today instead of tomorrow.  Who wants to celebrate it on a Monday anyway when you're doing normal, boring stuff like working?  And how lucky is this girl that she has not one, but two, amazing Valentines?  Damn lucky! Both of my boys treated me like a queen and we all got to enjoy a whole bunch of candy!  Nicholas has caught a cold and hasn't had the best weekend but he perked right up when he saw his gift bag chock full of goodies.  It was a great pre-Valentine's Day all the way around!

One of the treats we got for Nicholas was a packet of the dinosaur grow capsules.  You know, you toss 'em in some water and they expand all cool like.  Well, we pick one out of the package, plop it in a cup of cool water, and.....nothing.  This is what we have 15 minutes later:

Hmm, well that's not right.  Of course in such an exciting moment one cannot be bothered to stop and read the ever-so-complicated instructions.  There's no time for that nonsense.  Do you know how long it takes to read the following:

1.  Remove capsule from package.
2.  Place capsule in cup of warm water.

Oh. Well.  There you go, then.  So, here we have round two which literally took about 3-4 minutes.  Sometimes you've really got to be smarter than the 3 year old's toy.  But, in the end he thought they were pretty awesome and he didn't hold it against us.

And on top of getting way more candy than any of us need, my boys got me these beautiful red roses to boot.  There's just something so special about getting roses on Valentine's Day. 

Thank you to my amazing husband and my amazing son for making this the perfect day.  My heart is overflowing with how much love I feel for the both of you.  And although that love is present every single day of the year, it's nice to take a moment to make sure you both know it.  I♥U!  XOXOXO