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well, I don't have kids yet, but my family did celebrate valentines day. Every year my parents would each take us to the store to pick out a card for the other parent that was just from us. Our parents usually paid for them still since we didn't really have an allowance or anything. We usually drew pictures on the blank side of the card and scribbled whatever words we could to tell them we loved them. Then on Valentine's morning, my dad would get up extra early and go to the grocery store. He usually bought my mom a potted flower and bought us a little heart box of candy. Once my sister and I got to be about 4th or 5th grade, he bought us each a long stem rose. I always thought it was really sweet cause my dad doesn't usually do that kind of stuff! whee

When I was in my senior year of high school... my long term boyfriend of a year and half broke up with me on Jan 31... two weeks before v-day. I was really upset about and my mom was really worried about me. So that morning when I woke up, I had the usual card and rose from my dad and then another card from my mom with a really sweet treat... she took one of those tubes of mini m&m's and made a pretend perscription label for it that said "Chill Pills, Perscribed by: Dr. Mom, Directions: Take 1 as needed for heart ache pains, Refils: for as long as you need them!" It was so sweet!

Hope that gets everyone's creative juices flowing... just remember, you don't have to do something really big for it to be really special and meaningful! heart HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! heart

I can't say that I really remember a LOT about v-day growing up. I vaguely remember making valentines for my grandparents.
I remember one year my mom helped us make them with popsicle stick frames. Just the four stick glued together and some silk flowers (small ones) and a little ribbon bow at the bottom; so the frame hung more like a diamond than a square. Then the "frame" was glued to a piece of paper that was cut to size. We were allowed to color the popsicle sticks if we wanted, and we of course got to draw a picture and write a message for the grandparents. Of course the flowers were actually added on last (so as not to get in the way of the coloring and writing) and I believe that they were hot glued.

I remember a few times when my dad brought home roses for my mom he would buy each of us girls a carnation bud vase, but I can't remember if that was valentines or not.

Yvaine: My little one also loves to sign cards, but she's too young to really make them. She loves Hello Kitty though, so we bought her a box of valentines from the store that she can sign and give to... well whoever we figure out to send them to.

its not silly! it's sweet! xd my mom wasn't much into cooking so we never got stuff like that! hehe

heheh sounds like great fun! don't know what me and my kid (my husband) are gonna do for v-day yet. this may be our last no-kids/not-preggers valentines! eek That is, since we're want to start trying this summer. heart anyway, hope everything with luicen works out for ya!