Angel Kisses: Happy Valentine's Day from Missy Monkey Feet!

I was recently tagged on a friend's blog by the valentine bug which means that I'm supposed to answer a set of questions and post them on my blog. I'm not really into that here, but it did make me think of something else I could do that would be fun. MMF's Daddy and I have been married 10 years this year so I came up with a list of 10 things I love about him. Once I did that I thought I might as well add 10 things I love about MMF, so here they are:

Daddy:

1. I love his voice. Always have.
2. I love how he loves me. I know that's cheesy but it's the truth.
3. I love how he looks at me and I just know he's about to say or do something completely off the wall.
4. I love his enthusiasm for trying new things.
5. I love how you can track his whereabouts by the stack of books and journals that follow him.
6. I love his offbeat humor.
7. I love his slightly paranoid nature.
8. I love that he wants to have babies with me.
9. I love that he worries about being a good enough dad and husband.
10. I love how he loves to take spontaneous road trips with me and has just intigrated MMF into them.

MMF:

1. I love her little hands, everything about them. I'm always kissing them.
2. I love that she can't say curly cue, pronouncing it "curly coo".
3. I love that she calls me "mama" most of the time.
4. I love that she loves to play dress-up in princess clothes.
5. I love that she likes my music and has her own favorites as well.
6. I love how she puts her head against my chest when she needs me.
7. I love the way she smells.
8. I love how insightful and intuitive she is.
9. I love how compassionate she is toward others.
10. I love how she is instinctively southern for some reason.

Since we started a family holidays have all new meaning. We usually never know what to expect from one day to the next, let alone one holiday to the next. I like Valentine's Day because it is situated in the worst part of winter, when everyone is just sick to death of ice, snow, cold, wind, and the colors brown and gray.

This year we put up a few decorations the first of February and got some crafts done early as well, (although we still haven't got around to mailing out everyone's gifts.) I had bilateral knee surgery on the 6th. and have been at home recuperating. Since I'm still not walking all that well we decided not to try to go anywhere for Valentine's Day. It was Daddy's first day back in the office since surgery, so MMF and I stayed home and tried to focus on cleaning the house. Since we weren't going anywhere we invited our missionaries from church to have dinner with us. MMF insisted on dressing up fancy for the holiday so she wore a red and white velvet and satin dress with tights. She was very helpful around the house and even did her music therapy without any complaints. We made Daddy a special valentine and she helped me bake some banana bread. I managed to crockpot some frozen meatballs with bottled marinara sauce and cook some spaghetti. MMF helped me wrap my knees with ice during breaks and was great about picking up things for me that I couldn't reach and bringing me the phone when it rang. Being in pain made me pretty grumpy with her but I apologized many times, thanked and kissed her many times and we managed to get through the day.

The missionaries beat Daddy home from work and the fun began. Within minutes, Daddy came in with flowers for all of us! I got mixed pink and yellow roses, the missionaries each got a single rose and MMF got her own special pink rose from Daddy because she is his special sweetheart. She was THRILLED!

After a pretty good dinner and dessert, MMF and the missionaries decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies together. All in all, a pretty nice evening for everyone.

MMF decorated 2 special cookies for Go-Go and Papaw that we ended up having to deliver on sunday after church. In exchange MMF got a pair of Barbie ballerina slippers! She is modeling them below. We hope you all had a happy Valentine's Day.

MMF's Barbie ballerina slippers