"Valentine's Day. Bummer."

In 1989, the young lady to the right in the picture above predicted today would be a bad day.  Yes, today is another doomsday, although nothing as big as all the Mayan stuff a few years ago, or the more recent blood moons.  No, this doomsday prediction was made by the character Elaine in the movie "Ghostbusters II."  Twenty-seven years ago, she explained to Peter Venkman that the end of the world would be on February 14, 2016.  And Venkman's reply to this was, "Valentine's Day.  Bummer."

The actress who played this character had a brief video this week, which was fun.  She explained that the world would not end, and all of this was a misunderstanding due to the amount of slime in New York at the time of her prediction.

We were watching this movie last October when we heard this date, and fortunately we remembered it today.  Seriously, I'd be kicking myself if the day went by without me remembering the world was supposed to end.

It's Valentine's Day, and no, the world has not ended.  Not yet, anyway.  With the news from last night, it seems likely that it will soon, and yes that's painting a rather gloomy picture.

This morning, Madison stayed home with Mommy from KidPak, as she was dealing with a lot of congestion and drainage.  She spent her time relaxing on the couch, playing video games and reading.  All the while, Daddy was helping put together another great morning at KidPak, one showing a few movie clips from "Inside Out" of course.  We still have a few more weeks of this series, and then we've got the entire rest of the year practically laid out.

Daddy got home, and there were Valentine's Day gifts to hand out.  Several people got things for Madison, so she was surprised to see candies and chocolate when she got home.  She gave Mommy her craft that she made last weekend at Home Depot, this one with a card inside it, along with six Crunchie bars that Daddy picked up from "Taste of Britain" last week.

We had dinner in the afternoon, a marvelous fish dinner - and then this incredible dessert that Mommy made for us.  It was so rich that nobody could finish their portion.  It was soooo good!

Afterwards, we made Valentine's Day cookies.  And these are so funny, I had to post a few here.  Madison and Daddy are responsible for the designing of the cookies, and I must say, they turned out pretty good!

Madison decorated all of these above - we had a great time making cookies!

What better way to say Happy Valentine's Day than with a cookie like this?

This cookie appears violently happy.  Watch out.

Beward the Cyborg/Pirate Cookie!

Madison's favorite cookie, the one she calls "Kylo Ren"

After cooking a bit - and munching on a few as well - we had a visit from Aunt Shain and Hannah.  They had some more items to hand to Madison, including a cake!  We gave them our insane smiling cookie, and a more normal one.  But it was nice to see them for a bit.

We watched, "Madly Madagascar" together, which is a Valentine's Day themed short, one with the characters from "Madagascar" in it.  This is a fun video, especially the part with "Free Bird."  Afterwards, we went upstairs for bed, and another chapter of the Mary Poppins book.  I must say, the PL Travers version has a much more strict Mary Poppins, one with a demeanor very similar to Nanny McPhee.  Anyway, we're only on chapter four at this point, so we'll see how it goes.

Madison went to bed, and Mommy and Daddy watched a romantic comedy together, one we've never seen before:  "The Philadelphia Story."

We didn't really like it.  With Cary Grant and James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, we thought we would like it.  The movie is in the top ten of romantic comedies or something like that.  But the ending made no sense from a logical perspective.  Both Mommy and Daddy thought it was really odd - not one of our favorites by a long shot.  But it's not the end of the world, right?  You'll find that in "Ghostbusters II."