This Valentine's Day, Be Mayan

We decided to have a little fun with the Kinect again tonight before bed. We went to Disneyland again, but not before making heart shapes with our sparklers, as you can see above.

What a day it was! Daddy got Mommy Valentine's Day present with an unusual theme: "This Valentine's Day, Be Mayan." That is, rather than "Be Mine." You see, 2012 is claimed by some to be the end of the world because of a Mayan calendar, so Daddy grabbed hold of this apocalyptic theme and went with it:

You can see even the Mayan temple there, along with the similar colored wrapping paper on the boxes below, stacked pyramid-style. Each one has a lot of Ghirardelli chocolate in them (eat like it's the end of the world), and the bottom box contains Perry Stone's "Breaking the Apocalypse Code" box set. Daddy even made a goofy card, which you can see in the front.

Madison got a lot of stuff too! She got about thirty or forty different Valentine's Day cards in the mailbox again, from characters like Princess Tiana, Yoda, Lightning McQueen, and Tinkerbell. She loved that, but these were just part of her special day. Earlier at school, she and her classmates exchanged cards and candy, just like we remember doing when we were children too. She had decorated a paper bag, as did all her classmates. Then, each child put candy and cards in all the bags until each one was filled with all kinds of goodies. Madison came home with a lot of special memories, and some special sweets too!

But before coming home, she stopped by Daddy's work so she could give everyone Valentine's Day cards and cookies. What a full day she was having! She spread the love, and everyone enjoyed having her there very much. She's a sweetheart!

There was no music class today, but even without it, we had ourselves a very full day. In fact, Daddy's a little worn out as he types this: he's nearly ready for bed, and it's still pretty early! But we've got one more thing to do - it's time for Daddy and Mommy to watch another romantic movie. It's "romantic movie" month at the house, and tonight's feature is "Benny and Joon."

Joon: He can really cook, can't he?
Benny: Uh, yeah. Although for grilled cheese, I mighta used a wool setting.