Finley celebrated Valentine's Day in true two-year-old fashion. We decorated and sent valentines to many of his local and out of state buddies late last week and the highlight by far was getting to drop them (one at a time) into the mail slot at the post office! Then, we had to make 11 more over the weekend since I discovered he would be exchanging them with his daycare friends as well...ug...so I cut out some hearts and he stamped them by himself. We decorated a picture frame for Dan's new office desk and put in a picture of Finley from the super bowl. All the while calling them "clementines," Finley happily checked for mail in our mailbox each day and thankfully received a couple (Thank you, Great Aunt Annette/Great Uncle Bernie and Henry!).
This morning, he let me put a heart tattoo on his forearm and proudly showed it off at daycare I was told. Then, he asked for another tattoo when we got home (thank goodness for the beach party since we have plenty of ocean-themed temporary skin art to go around). The three of us exchanged cards and small gifts before dinner, Finley's "Happy Valentine's Day" greeting was much more articulate since we had been practicing the past few days (no more "have a clementine day"). Finley poured over all the valentines he brought home from daycare, the hello kitty one getting the most attention. Finally, we made some quick heart cookies and shared them for dessert.
What more could a kid ask for? Hopefully not much, but I know for sure there's nothing more I could have asked for since today, by wonderful coincidence, Finley put his arms around me while I was kneeling down writing a note and said for the first time, unprompted, "I love you, Mommy."
Happy Valentine's Day to all!
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