Happy Valentine's Day!

I was helping the mancub with his Valentine's last night. He was having a great time picking out the perfect little card for each of his classmates. You know the perfect Spiderman saying is a must to your best buds.

I started to remember his first Valentine's day in school. We went and got the Valentines. He signed his name but I put his friends names on all the cards. He was in K-4 at the time and so excited since there would be a party and fun to be had at school. He took those cards to school with such excitement to put them in the lunch bags they had decorated for the holiday. He got home that day and I must admit I was just as excited to look through all the cards he had recieved. Well we sat down poured out the bag and started looking at the huge number of cards he had. The first one was from Brandon (himself) The next one; him. The third one was from a class mate. I looked closer and half the cards were the same very cards that we sent to school that morning.

"Brandon, did you pass out your cards today?"

"Yes Mom, we had to"

"Well why do you have so many from yourself?"

"Mom, they just gave them back to me. The cards are mine they have my name one them."

This questioning went on for quite a while. He had given out all his cards but then went to each kid individually to get them back. And he convinced them all to do so. I had him take all the cards back to school and give them back to his friends.

We had a long talk about how the cards are for others and to show your friendship to them. I still laugh about that first experience for him.