on wednesday, we had a valentines party with all of chet's joy school friends (and a bunch of their siblings, including mr. holden).
the kids played games, made mailboxes, delivered valentines in said mailboxes, and ran around like a bunch of crazies.
on thursday, matt and i took the boys out on dates.
matt took holden to a toy store and out for frozen yogurt.
when he came home, you could tell he felt very special.
i took chet ice skating.
chet has been asking to go ice skating for months, and i have been procrastinating taking him because i knew it would be hard for him, and chet prefers when he is good at things!
but we went for it.
we drove to the indoor skating rink, paid to get in, paid to rent skates, tied up our nasty rental skates (oh man, i forgot how much work that is!), and headed to the ice... where it took of all 4 seconds for chet to end up laying flat on his back on the ice.
and then he wanted to go home.
but, i managed to convince him to give it a few more (dozen) tries before giving up.
it took us about an hour to do 3 laps around the rink - i guess that was to be expected with a mom who hasn't skated in years, a boy who has never skated, and the fact that we stopped for breaks at every penalty box and team bench!
i'm not sure if he will be asking to go skating again anytime soon, but he still enjoyed being on a date.
i loved spending time with him too, and that it gave me a chance to talk to him about how you have to practice things to get good at them - because everyone sucks at skating their first time (don't worry, i chose more toddler-friendly words), but the people that don't give up, and practice often, are the ones who excel.
on friday, matt and i went on a date.
we had accumulated a few gift cards to the keg, and were excited to use those.
but then when we got to the restaurant, we were told it was a 75 minute wait!
ugh.
we waited it out - and the tasty dinner was worth the wait.
plus, we went shopping while we waited and i got new running shoes!
it was a fun night. but that's not especially shocking - i love going on dates with that boy.
on saturday, we made valentines crafts and decorated grandma maralyn's door with them.
and we spent some time hanging with grandpa larry.
i am such a lucky girl to have 3 handsome boys in my life. i love them to bits.
... and that this winter has been somewhat kind to me.
our boys were puddle jumping again this weekend!
