It's Valentine's Day!

February 14, or otherwise known as Valentine's Day is a day that many people can hardly wait for and many people want to get through as quick as possible. It's a special day in my house because it also happens to be my mom's birthday. I don't have any strong feelings for the holiday I just think there are a lot of fun but so many ridiculous things that go along with it.

As I have been walking around the school today and sitting at lunch seeing kids with their flowers and cookies I have been enjoying remembering the awesome Valentine's Day parties we used to have in school. This was the best part about Valentine's Day. I loved being able to be creative and make my valentine "mailbox" out of an old shoe box or paper bag. I took pride in the finished project.

But that was only the beginning of the fun. In my opinion I always came to school with the best valentines to give out to all of my classmates. They were always homemade and personalized with everyone's names on them and everything. This took a lot of time but my sister and I had a blast putting together our little art projects with a piece of chocolate or a yummy sucker taped on the back.

Valentine's Day parties basically equalled a sugar rush. We would all eat so much candy and treats that I would go home so hyper and excited, I'm sure my mom didn't know what to do with me. My sister and I would always arrive at home and dump out all of our extra candy (that we hadn't eaten by that point) on the living room floor. Then we would swap and switch our chocolate and candy hearts until we got a variety we were satisfied with. Now these are the moments that I think are the most fun about Valentine's Day.

When you get older all everyone seems to care about is whether or not they have a boyfriend or girlfriend on Valentine's Day. If they do, the issue comes down to "I have no idea what to get them!" If they dont the issue is that people get all depressed and whatnot. What happened to being excited over getting a cute piece of paper and candy? Come on people! Just have fun. I think its a blast just making some fun Scooby-Doo valentines and passing them out to friends. Its a day where you have an excuse to eat lots of chocolate....embrace it!