My fingers are stuck together!

The above is the battle cry of a 4 year old who has just gotten into her Valentine candy.

Quite the day. I helped with Dollface's class party at pre-school. The poor babies were just waking up from their naps and very befuddled. But everyone got a cake and some punch.

Bunny had school anxiety this morning. I made her go anyway. Seems she gave a certain boy a valentine (and didn't sign it). He then proceeded to ask everyone who gave it to him. She was very embarassed.

I insisted she take a page from Captain Jack, nail her colors to the mast and ride her sinking ship right to the dock. She proved true to her name and did just that. It all worked out.

Mmmm, taco pizza.

Valentine

In AD 270, Valentine/Valentinus/Valentinean was a priest in Rome. Emperor Claudius II had declared all marriages illegal, in order to keep the men out fighting wars. Valentine refused to stop marrying couples and was imprisoned for this. He fell for the jailor's blind daughter and sent her love letters, pricked out on green, heart-shaped leaves, signed "from your Valentine."

He was martyred by beheading.

Patronage:
affianced couples, against fainting, bee keepers, betrothed couples, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greeting card manufacturers, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers, young people

Marriage is love.

I think it utterly appropriate that the first same-sex marriage took place in the week of Valentine's Day. He married people who were not supposed to be married as well.