{"id":519,"date":"2011-02-14T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/02\/happy-valentines-day.html"},"modified":"2011-02-14T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T17:41:00","slug":"happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/02\/happy-valentines-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine’s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Valentine’s Day friends!<\/p>\n

We enjoyed a special Valentine’s Day-themed Build and Grow project at Lowe’s last Saturday!<\/p>\n

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My boys awakened this morning and were greeted with these little gifts for Valentine’s Day:<\/p>\n

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They had asked for them for Christmas, but I’m glad we waited till now, I think that Valentine Puppy sure is cute! <\/p>\n

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I’d backed off significant gifts for Valentine’s Day over the past couple years, but I’d kept these Pillow Pets<\/a> in the back of my mind this year.  They’re about $20 each.<\/p>\n

I found the Valentine’s ones at Walgreen’s<\/a>.  You wouldn’t think of it, but you can whip together a pretty nice Valentine’s Day experience at your local drugstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also found some M&Ms Star Wars gifts…$5 per kid.  The lightsaber on the left in the bottom pic has LED lights, you press a button and it stays on for about a minute.  More M&Ms stuffed into the handle of that toy.<\/p>\n

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Happy Valentine’s Day friends! We enjoyed a special Valentine’s Day-themed Build and Grow project at Lowe’s last Saturday! My boys awakened this morning and were greeted with these little gifts for Valentine’s Day: They had asked for them for Christmas, but I’m glad we waited till now, I think that Valentine Puppy sure is cute! 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