i woke up to little boys asking for a 'special 'breakfast'.
weekends is the only time i make full breakfast,
because i simply don't have time before i go to work.
i pulled out my cookie cutters so they could have
heart shaped pancakes {finn also got alien shapes too},
and we all swapped valentine cards too.
they were all a bit mushy this year {the boys know what mom likes},
and scout's artwork was a very sweet surprise. artwork is becoming more
rare as the boys get older.
this pretty piece is hanging in the kitchen and will probably stay there for
some time. notice his lightning bolt 'S' in his name? he tells me that's the
way he writes it because he's a harry potter fan}. *grin*
i'd have loved to had a lazy valentine morning, but that wasn't in the cards.
scout had tryouts for our community's competitive soccer team!
we missed the first tryouts, as c and i weren't fully onboard with this as
it requires more practices and travelling on the weekends.
he's already signed up for our recreational soccer {what he's been playing for years},
but he insisted he wanted to try so i was on the field at 8am.
the santa anas blew had blown in, so it was usually warm.
still, the coach gave these 7/8 year old boys an INTENSE bootcamp
like practice. they must have ran over a mile overall and they did lots of
situps, pushups, planks, drills, etc. for 2 hours. two boys dropped out,
and the rest worked their booties off.
scout did fantastic, but being that he missed the first practice,
and has never played competitively, the chances of him making this
team are slim. there are just a few slots as most boys are returning players.
we'll see. if he's serious about competitive soccer, we will try again next year,
and get him playing more in spring and summer soccer camps.
though my valentine's day wasn't overly romantic, casabalanca was
still lingering in my mind and c and i did enjoy a night out together.
we usually avoid going out on the actual day, but this year the boys were
invited to a birthday party. how convenient for us and all the other parents.
free babysitting!
we went to the restaurant cape town, that serves south african cuisine.
the food was so interesting and the wine yummy too. we let our server know we'd
be there for quite a while, so he gave us a corner table tucked away from everyone,
and we sat for 3 hours! we ate, drank, and talked about everything from the boys,
our endless house projects, to the upcoming art from the heart event at explorer, etc.
it was so nice to get time together like that.
that was how the boys and i spent v-day.
i hope yours was lovely!!
~ and i remembered to continue the new tradition of writing all the boys a letter,
and without me reminding mr. gerber, he wrote too. {love when that happens}
