I have a new hate for a dumb holiday!

I have never been a fan of Valentines day.  Probably because I am not a very romantic person and I do not like gushy stuff.   The one thing I loved as a kid though was picking that perfect valentine for my friends.  As a parent this is NO FUN.  The teacher sent home the class list but I had no intention of having Lincoln write their names on the valentines.  I was just going to have him sign his name that way he could just give any valentine to any friend (since he cant read their names anyway).  Well that is not the idea he had.  For the whole week before he had so much homework and he never wanted to work on the valentines so of course we waited until the night before the party.  That is when he tells me his master plan of writing each one of his friends names on the cards.  I had to leave so I left him and Dad with the list.  I showed him how to fill them out and cross the names off the list.  I was fully expecting it to be a disaster but when I returned I was shocked when he had them completed.  It only took 15 minutes for me to figure out who each one was really for and find the one kid he missed. Then my next brilliant idea slapped me in the face, I have to stuff these dang valentines with Airhead candies that do not fit in the designated hole designed for them.  After 30 more minutes and redoing 2-3 of them since I ripped them in half the valentines are now complete!

Valentines are now on the 'Its only fun when you are kid list' right next to school supply shopping!