I will admit that I really did not feel like cooking this Valentine’s Day. I spent the entire day working on a Notebook Experiment (which I will share with you on Wednesday and which I failed miserably at) and I was tired of cooking and cleaning up the kitchen.
I really didn’t want to eat out of the pantry though so I threw the ingredients in the bread machine to make my pizza dough and cut all of the little pepperonis into hearts to make the kids smile.
I called the kids to the table and no one commented on the hearts.
“Ethan, look! Mommy made hearts for you & sissy for Valentine’s Day? Do you see them? Aren’t those cool! It’s because I love you so much!”
He started to smile and then pointed to one on the pizza, “That one isn’t cut right. It looks like a circle.”
Regardless, they all enjoyed the homemade pizza and then we spent the evening playing on the Wii together as a family. The rest of the evening was spent sacking out on the couch with my sweetie and savoring those quiet moments after the kids go to bed.
Maybe we will go out next year… or maybe we will do this same exact thing again, minus the cooking marathon!
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My boys would get such a charge out of heart shaped pepperoni!
Maybe I’ll have to try that when we celebrate next weekend.
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I love the heart pepperonis! I would’ve been bummed to do something cute like that and have my kids not notice. Sounds like a wonderful family evening!
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We did the same thing – and last year too!
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What a cute idea! We had waffles. And played the Wii as well. FUN!
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My kids are stinkers just like that. They certainly don’t lack imagination, it’s just details such as the hearts don’t impress them. I would have said something sweet.
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Love the pizza, Amy. Very cute and yummy-looking. And can I just say that I’m sorry your Notebook Experiment went awry, but yet glad to hear you say that not everything you try goes perfectly!! Because that’s certainly the way it is in a lot of our households (on a daily basis!).
Continually impressed with you…and your no-spend challenge!
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Thanks, Amy, and I think you will really love this experiment because it will shed some light on what a disaster I can be in the kitchen
Monica- You always have the best ideas!
Emily & Heather- I was so bummed, but once they realized everyone went overboard with the compliments
Can't have mommy cry at the dinner table! Ha!
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I didn’t want to cook this V-day either. Fortunately our neighbor called at 6:15 to invite us to dinner at 6:30. Talk about great timing!
P.S. I think the hearts pepperoni’s are darling; I would have appreciated it.
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CUTE idea on the pepperoni! We made pizza on vday, too!! Thanks for the great idea!
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We did heart pizza too!
And look at what my hubby did to surprise me Valentine’s morning!!
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