February 14, 2019
Valentines Silliness
It’s Valentine’s Day.
My girls are busy playing and giggling in the playroom (well, we could technically call it “studying videography,” “creating scripts,” and “video editing,” but that’s homeschool thoughts lol).
What would they be making a video about?
Becky comes out as I finish an amazing lunch (Louis made baby back ribs, corn on the cob, and French fries… and his food is so good! We did save the busy girls a few ribs… maybe) wearing a huge grin and holding the “play phone” (it has the best video editing software but is one of Louis’ old phones from his work).
They have spent an hour, maybe more, creating a 24 second video with dolls and candy hearts… and the “surprise ending” – which, if you know Becky’s sense of humor, it is not really a surprise. It is funny. See it here… (They are “Toy Acts” on YouTube).
“Mom, it took us like 30 minutes to figure out how to work the hearts!”
“Engineering,” Kimberly laughed.
At this, Louis and I laughed too… they are just as crazy as we are. “Not exactly,” I take a breath, “did you do paperwork as well?”
“Oh yeah,” Becky grins, “we did real school on this holiday.”
“This holiday is only for married people so kids should do school period,” voices Christina (the teenager… go figure).
“All schools, everywhere?” Jaquline sighs, “I did math and language but I thought I could take a break from history.”
So Louis decides we are going to learn about the American adoption of Valentine’s Day as a holiday… (typical home school decision)
Christina, who is going to babysit, hitches a ride with me to work (my gym is closer to her client than our house). We have Kimberly (she’s going to spend the night with a cousin) with us and the car conversation circles around the baby Guinea Pigs and how Valentine’s Day is seriously only for married couples. (Christina is still debating this to no one else, as no one else is arguing otherwise.)
“Seriously,” Christina says, “the real holiday is February 15th, when all the candy is half-off.”
Okay, that one I will totally agree with!
Thanks for reading!
Type at you next time…
~Nancy Tart