So how's everyone's Valentine's Day? I bought the kids a little something and placed it at the table with a poem for each child (borrowed from the internet). Then I made pink heart pancakes. I think they liked it.
Sunday School went very well today. Sacrament went TWENTY minutes over, but I was still able to qickly get the lesson in and have time for the games I prepared. The kids were a bit quieter today because they were busy looking through the scriptures to find the word "heart". :) I totally enjoyed the silence while it lasted, lol. I had also made about 160 cookies which were then made into "Oreo" cookies. I colored the frosting pink and they turned out really cute. Each child got 3 cookies. After class I was shaking up a storm (low blood sugar) so I went home to eat. We picked up the kids an hour later and right now we're all just vegging.
Half my "to do" list is complete, but I still feel like I'm too busy for my own good. I always put so much on my plate (because I WANT to do those things, and I have good intentions) but then after it's said and done, I end up making myself sick (literally) because of the stress. I haven't found a happy medium, because I'm always trying to "out do" myself so my kids can have the coolest parties or gifts or handouts there is, but I wonder if it's all for naught. Will my Sunday School class REALLY remember ANYthing I teach them? Or will I just be known as the "Treat Lady"? Will my own kids really remember their birthday parties or am I just wasting time, effort, and money? Does it REALLY matter if I go all out for my kids? Ugh. Sorry- just feeling a little underappreciated at the moment. No- I'm totally NOT the kind of person who needs validation for everything. Eww. I don't need my name engraved in gold and hung in the halls. I don't need some fancy certificate of "Thanks" from the community. I just want my kids to look back on their childhood and have fond memories. I want them to be grateful that their mother stayed home and did what she could to make their lives fun and creative. Anyway. I'm just talking to myself right now. Lol.
Anyway. Hopefully I didn't depress you too much. I tend to get a little down-hearted at times. Vday is always depressing to me. :p
3 comments:
I'm sorry your V-day hasn't been better! {{{HUGS}}}
I'm sorry you are having a bad day. Try not to put so much on your plate sweetie. Your kids know how much you love them, but you have to take care of their mother and not stress out. You do the cutest things! it's fun seeing what you guys do.
Love you!
Is it me and dad you are talking about? :o) sometimes its late at night and we take a sneak peak but don't comments. Always love looking at you and Heather's blogs, though,
Love you guys!
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