See what I mean?

Shanna is a big fan of holidays. Valentine's Day is certainly no exception. She went all out this year. This kids woke up to cinnamon rolls with pink icing, served on red plates, with pink milk in plastic champagne glasses to be slurped up through crazy straws with hearts on them.

And that was only the beginning.

The kids came home to heart shaped cookies. It wasn't enough for her to get those cheap little hearts with the cute messages on them. She had to bake red, heart shaped cookies with cute messages on them. Then that night we enjoyed steak and grilled shrimp (my only contribution) along with baked potatoes. But the special part was Shanna's decoration of the dining room - that's right, the dining room. You know, that room that many of us have with tables and chairs and china cabinets that often gets looked at but seldom used. Well we used it. Complete with white table cloth with red silk rose petals scattered on it. We ate on red plates. We had sparkling grape juice to go with our dessert of chocolate covered strawberries. Massive chocolate covered strawberries the size of tennis balls. Ok, not tennis balls but they were bigger than golf balls.

Unlike when I was younger, the kids actually got gifts. Not just candy, like in the old days but gifts. The most notable was Delanie. She got the Hannah Montana wig that she has been begging for. Nanny got a huge card custom designed by her four biggest fans.

During my rant about the Clemens hearings I managed to fit in a couple of lines about Valentine's Day. I said that you should do something special every day for your valentine and use February 14th for something extra special. Shanna exhibited that perfectly and it was totally unprompted because I know she hasn't been to the site yet. She does something special everyday and she made Valentine's Day extra special for all of us.

Check it out and you'll see what I mean: