February 2015- Nothin’ Goin’ Down | The Harris Family Blog

I think this month will go down as the most uneventful post since I started this blog. Apparently, we did nothing. Valentine’s Day might be our only saving grace, because I have some pictures of the cute treats we made for school, thanks to Pinterest. Otherwise, it was the same old same old….school, work, grocery shopping, laundry. Lather, rinse, repeat.

So, Valentine’s Day at our house is solely celebrated by the children. John and I let the day go by with barely so much as a Hallmark sentiment. And by barely, I mean that John usually gets me some sappy romantic card and fills it with beautiful, heartfelt words of affirmation, and I send him a Yahoo IM with a kissy emoticon. VD was even on a Saturday this year, and if I had to bet on it….we were at home on the couch watching a Fixer Upper marathon.

But, for the kiddos it’s a day of sugar and being told how awesome you are by everyone you know….even the people that secretly don’t like you, because that’s how elementary school works.
Remember when we were kids back in the 80s and your Valentine’s cards consisted of a choice between Strawberry Shortcake and GI Joe? Yup, for $3.99 you bought a box of 35 perforated cardboard Valentine’s that you wrote your name on and shoved them into a box decorated like a robot. I remember there being plenty of candy, especially Sweethearts conversation hearts, but nothing like today. I know these types of cards still exist, because I see them in the grocery store and even just found some on Google…

But, because my kids are blessed (cursed?) with a mom who likes to do crafts, we keep upping our game each and every year. The dawn of Pinterest created a whole new level of achievement, because even though I can execute the design, I am in no way ingenious enough to come up with such an idea.

If you rewind one year, I thought we had some pretty cute Valentines for pre-schoolers (who can’t even read) and 1st grade. This year’s were even slightly better for Kindergarten (still can’t read) and 2nd grade (unfortunately for some, same story:-(). What in the world am I going to do when Malory is in pre-school, Reese is in 2nd grade and Jackson is in 4th grade? By then, I’ll probably be able to write a book titled “How to Rip-Off Other People’s Ideas- 365 Days of Holidays.”

Anyway, here are our finished products. Pretty cute, right?

In other news, I made these delicious treats for my kiddos for breakfast…Abelskivers. In case you don’t know, they are round pancakes that you fill with chocolate, fruit, etc. We tried both savory (bacon) and sweet (nutella, Biscoff, and peanut butter). I’ll give you one guess as to which ones the kids preferred. I have such fond memories of these as a child. My pseudo-Grandma used to make them for me whenever I stayed at her house, but I don’t ever remember her filling them with anything.

Ok, this post turned out longer than I expected, mainly because I tend to talk A LOT. But, to wrap up we had the usual round of spring illness in our house. At the end of the month, there was an 8 day period where I had one of the big kids home from school at all times. I was beginning to get a little cabin fever toward the end. But, the good news is that I have two excellent nurses to help me take care of them.