happy valentine's day.

valentine's day is not a holiday i care much about, but i try to acknowledge it in some small way, especially because ek is at an age where it's fun and cute.  the kids' school doesn't allow valentine exchange (although that may have changed - several kids were handing them out this morning, so i felt like a terrible mom), but they do a valentine's day tea with the kidlets, so i did that with ek this morning at drop off.  they make a coffee cake and the kids serve herbal tea and coffee cake to the parents, then wash the dishes.  it's really cute.  before school, ek's breakfast was strawberry chobani with heart-shaped strawberries in a red silicon muffin tin.  not the most elaborate v-day breakfast, but an attempt nonetheless.  she seemed to like it.  hollis just went with cheerios.