Love and Bah Humbug

So yesterday was valentines day and here at our house we had an exceptionally wonderful day. Before I tell you about how wonderful it was let me first express my dislike for this holiday....Valentines day has become so commericalized it is ridiculous...it is all about who got the most flowers...the best chocolate or the prettiest jewelry...and somewhere in the scheme of things we all seem to have forgotten what the day is really about....LOVE. It has become twisted into who spent more money loves more. So...anyway....Will (my husband) asked Brooke a few weeks ago if she would be his Valentine. It makes my heart so happy that he makes this holiday special for the girls. Of course she said yes and then proceeded to tell everyone in her passing over the next few weeks that her daddy was her valentine and she was his. She made him a card and I took her to the store and she picked out a teddy bear, a fake rose, a balloon and some cookies. I then got him a pair of his favorite lounge shorts...and a whole bunch of his favorite candy and we made him a valentines basket that she gave to him when he got home yesterday. He was so sweet when he came home he had got each of us a single rose...pink of course....in a very pretty vase with a bow....he had also got Brooke a necklace (her only request) both of the girls also got a little basket with a teddy bear and candy. Brooke was grinning from ear to ear....and Paige was going along with it. Brooke of course had saved her biggest surprise for last....she came to me about a week ago and asked if we could give daddy a candlelight dinner for valentines day so of course I did my best to make it happen (although she will tell you I bought the wrong candles)...so yesterday I cooked dinner and while the husband "ran to the store" me and Brooke sat the table and she put all of our flowers in the middle of the table with the candles....she found some "romantic music" on the tv...then when he got home she met him at the door and told him...."Dinner is served"....she sat next to her daddy and could not have been any sweeter...my little picky eater ate every bit of her dinner and said things like "Mom, I love the way you made these pork chops they are delicious" and "I just love this sauce"....it was so cute. When her dad leaned over and told her that it was his best Valentines day ever she replied with "group hug on three"...."one....two....three." It of course was my best valentines day ever because it just makes me so happy to see my little girl happy and feeling loved, but above all it makes me proud that she is so thoughtful and sweet and has the biggest heart of anyone I know. Love that kid!