Chrystal's Daily Chronicles - I was a REAL Mommy today....

Feb. 14, 2007

I was a REAL Mommy today....

I'm great for talking about all of the things I'd like to do as a Mom. I great at planning. I'm great at cruising the web looking for ideas...

but I'm not a natural doer.

So normally I envy those Moms that do nice things for their kids. I feel inadequate when I see how other Moms celebrate the holidays with their kids, and make wonderful memories. Normally, I'm disgusted with myself at the end of a day that I failed to implement my plan.

Today, however, was a new day! I actually followed through on my ideas!

Most importantly, I took Jana's suggestion and posted sticky notes all over. He ran into them everywhere. I laid his card in his car with a single rose for him to find when he got in to drive to work. On his computer, in his computer, on his glasses, keys, car window, etc. He's been giving me this sheepish smile all day :)

For my oldest daughter, a card and a single rose were in order. Just as I did for her Dad, I made sure that she would "find" them at some random point during the day.

My little ones had fun too. After leaving the gym this morning, I stopped at Wal-mart to pick up a couple of "cheapie" odds and ends. So here's how our day went:

A Valentine's balloon was the centerpiece for the table.

We started our day with heart shaped pancakes served on themed paper plates.

My preschooler worked on my arts and crafts idea for the day. My mommy's helper helped him out and, of course, took my idea WAY FURTHER than I would have ever taken it!

We strung hearts together to represent the tying together of our family's heartstrings- one heart for each member!

Kanaan stayed busy working on his own "project". Oh the joys of a highchair!

Our next fun thing to do was bake...SUGAR COOKIES!

I had never baked sugar cookies from scratch before...not to mention attempted to decorate.

At least we tried....

The day was wonderful. My three year old is STILL talking about Valentine's Day. Memories are a wonderful thing.

I'm so glad I followed through on one of my ideas...maybe this will motivate me to do that more often!