Choco-Monsters

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! We hope you had a wonderful day. It was a bit of a long one here as some sugar highs and crashes really tested the patience of any adults that were near our kids. It all started when Michael and Traci returned home from dropping Katie off at preschool. Our uber-nice neighbor, Mary, had placed two huge chocolate hearts on our porch for the kids. Of course, Michael had to immediately eat his (see picture). He was on such a sugar high after eating it that he was actually screaming out intelligible words at his speech therapy session. (Screaming being the operative word.) Of course, 30-40 minutes later, while the session was still going, he crashed, tantrumed, and demanded his paci.

Later, we picked Katie up, with her huge stash of Valentines and goodies. Of course, Michael was upset that he didn't have an equal stash and persisted to cry himself through lunch, lunch clean-up, and nap-time. Here is a photo of Katie perusing her wonderful cards and candy. She, at least, was a happy camper at this point. Michael woke up after only about 35 minutes of nap, asking for more chocolate.

Finally, Mike and Traci brought out their little goodies and gifts for the kids after dinner. By now, the kids had had so much sugar throughout the day that they were bouncing off the walls. Clean-up time was a pathetic joke (in terms of getting help), tears flowed through story time, and the parents finally sighed in relief when the lights were turned off for the night. What a day, what a day. Oh well, at least it was all in the name of love!