Posted by marie on Feb 12, '08 8:49 AM for everyone Valentine's Day 2007 was the day Angelina Boni gave roses to Blog Pitt. Click here for that story.Here's another tale:As I was raising my 3 young sons, I didn't like the focus of Valentine to be romantic love. I was wary of Hallmark brainwashing them into some premature romantic notions specially as impressionable boys. So I would use the day as a time we could express love for a variety of people we cared for.Many times we would have dinner with the Murrells, us 2 sets of parents and 6 boys, and Deborah and I would take turns holding it in each other's houses. There was a time I'd invite couples and all the married people would come in matching husband & wife outfits.Other times I would invite Joey's family or my relatives over. I'd have pink & red motifs and infllatable lips as decor.But always I'd put heart shaped, candy sprinkled donuts on Joseph's, David's, Joshua's breakfast plates and sneak little bags of Valentine candy(Nerds, pop rocks) and chocolates in their lunchboxes with little "I love you" cards. Joshua always enjoyed gummy worms, bears, Joseph,Starburst and David always preferred something sour like sour gummies or strong mints. For us, Valentine's was never about jewelry or pricey hotel dates on the 14th but the focus especially with younger kids was more on us as a family.
Joey and I also had cards and little gifts for each other but not big ticket items which was fine. Honestly, I don't find it very romantic to be caught in traffic trying to be romantic with a million other people. But maybe that's just me. (Actually even when I was single, I would rather go out on the 13th than the 14th! Weird.)Well, here's the story...One year when the 3 boys were still young, I talked to them about Valentine's Day: Marie to 3 boys: "You know, some people think you need to have a girlfriend or a boyfriend on that day. But that's not true at all. You can use Valentine's to express love and thanks to people you care about very, very much. Aha! I have an idea! Why don't you guys think of a person who took care of you ALL year and write that person a card. Like...like... uh, Papa!3 boys with innocent, wondering faces: "Papa???" "Why, Does Papa want a card?"Marie: "Uh, well... it could be Papa! What's important is that you write down how much you appreciate that person then give the card to that person as a surprise!" 3 boys: "Okay."On Valentine's Day, Joey had 3 cute handmade cards on his desk and I had... zero.3 boys to surprised Papa: "Happy Valentine's Day Papa! Did you like your card? Uh...Papa... why is Mama's face like that? ...Mama, where are you going?"Papa to puzzled boys: "Uh... guys.....girls are just different,
when you're older, you'll understand. "
 | hahaha! tita marie, maybe this is the perfect year for joe, dave & josh to finally make those cards for you? ;-) |
 | punzalan wrote on Feb 12, edited on Feb 12 men are clu....msy? i didn't get the blog. |
 | hahahaha! :) funny!
and kuya pao, valentines na ulit? may blog na ba ulit si ate jenn? hhehehe :) |
 | Tita Marie! Happy Valentines! (O, it's the 13th today!) Hehe. Boys will always be boys!! Anyway, I was with Tita Vida yesterday. She told me about Ms. Villegas. She was your adviser pala! Hehe. |
 | hahaha.. i remember joe telling us this story when we were in manila!! i hope u get ur cards this year... |
 | hahahahaha! this is funny...
i hope you get loads of card from your sons this year tita marie ... and that angelina boni will get flowers bought by blog pitt. hehehe ;) |
 | yeah who could forget that? he'd better be careful this year... i'm pregnant and very, very moody! haha... |
 | hahahaha! very funny! love this! |
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hahaha! tita marie, maybe this is the perfect year for joe, dave & josh to finally make those cards for you? ;-) 
