My (not so) Funny Valentine

I knew the day would have a rough start when my husband told me he had to work early, and thus I had to bring my 4 year old to preschool. I know, I am very lucky that he normally does it. A 5:45 wakeup, screaming emotions from the big boy, and a little girl who threw a royal fit when I *gasp* wouldn't let her wear slippers out to preschool dropoff. Shoulda picked my battles on that one. Anyway, I feel like a cattle prod in the morning and the kids hate being rushed, which leads to a lot of tantrums. At one point, I was waiting in the car and had to tell a certain 4 old that not everybody in the neighborhood wanted to wake up to that screaming (in fact, no one does - but some of us just don't have a choice). I know all the ways of dealing with these things to make it easier, but sometimes you are just over it, ya know?

A well deserved latte later, and we were on our way home. Teague took his shoes and jacket off and so I had to carry him and all our stuff up the stairs while Lilah screamed to be picked up, too. This ended with my latte being spilled on a certain 2 year old - thankfully it was almost lukewarm - and I have officially lost my shot at the World's Best Mom award by 9:30 in the morning.

My one goal of the morning? To get a picture of Lilah in my Valentine-ish outfit. I am sticking to my guns about not buying fabric until I clear some out and so avoided all the cute pink and red heart stuff I've been seeing. But i couldn't resist the perfect chance at putting personalized hearts on an outfit for the girly girls on the girliest holiday! So, it's my blue/lime green/hot pink Valentine that can be worn outside of the holiday :) Photo shoot not so good - my sweet, sweet girl is having a streak of 2 year old stubbornness today and wasn't having it. She didn't rock the outfit today, but trust me, this is a CUTE one! Doesn't she look happy??

(Not all mornings and days are like this! Normally I don't have a latte. :) )