Valentine’s Day Roundup – I Think I Lost Again…
It’s no secret that there is a silent competition going on between parents on Valentine’s Day, to see who can come up with the best gift for the other parent. Honestly, I’ve never really been good at it, but lately I’ve been finding a bit of creativity that I never had before.
I think my creative bone kicked in shortly after a last minute trip to the Shoppers Drug Mart one fine Valentine’s Day, where I proudly picked out a lovely card from me and two more from the kids. I then proceeded to the Valentine’s Day section of the drug store, where I found a wonderful array of chocolate and stuffed animals to throw in the gift bags for my wife.
I even managed to grab a bouquet of flowers from one of those “side of the road at the gas station” vendors and pranced home knowing I had this one locked up!
What happened next made me realize that the game was changing.
At gift presentation time, I offered to accept first because I wanted to end the festivities with my fireworks worthy bags of goodies. From the first set of heart shaped hand print’s I received, I knew this was going to be a rough ordeal. By the time I finished receiving my gifts, I wanted to crawl under a rock and hibernate for the rest of the winter. There was 2 sets of hand print, one from each of my kids, 2 hand made cards for Daddy and one very nice photo collage set inside a travel mug for me (Starbucks has em).
After giving my wife my embarrassing mish mash of crap, I vowed to do a better job in the coming years. This year, I was having trouble finding alone time with the kids to get things done. Between my shift work and my wife’s day care, there’ not a lot of private time to sneak them away.
I did manage to get it done though and although I think I still lost the battle, the war still has a good 20 years to go, LOL!
You be the judges, Here’s what I got:
Tough to top that but I think I put forth a valiant effort this year, including these gems:)
So we have an 11 X 14 painting done by the kids (hearts by daddy) and 3 hand made cards, including Daddy’s. Not too shabby right? PS – Check out the face my 3 year old drew by himself (Proud Dad). In the end, I think my wife got the best of me this time but I didn’t go down without a fight. By the way, I did get her one more thing (and even got teased at the store) before you start voting…..
That’s right, Game Over!!!
Happy Belated Valentine’s Day from Canadian Dad!!
Those are awesome gifts.
Over here, we don’t celebrate v -day. We exchange cards, and that’s about it….. the kids get a little treat, and Jules and I sometimes make a special dessert….
Truthfully, I probably lose points for the Twilight addition because we said no gifts, lol. I`m not falling for that one!
guys were bugging J at work on Tuesday, saying that he would be in trouble and blah blah blah….but when I say no gifts, I really mean no gifts.
Nothing to “fall for” just the truth
Truthfully Chris, when I said NO presents, I actually meant Diamonds only……. fail.
Noted, I’m working on that part for you….12 more years of asving and you’ll be the happiest Valentine ever!!