Nothing Says I love You Like Weapons of Mass Destruction.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and though we’re not over-the-top with celebrating and stuff, I thought I’d get a few things for the kids. So they can beat the hell out of each other. Which saves mummy the hassle. (Gawd, I love these kids…)

Whaaaaat?! Wasn’t there a MASSACRE and whatnot on this day? C’mon….

I’m not a huge fan of buying toys from the dollar store – cheap plastic crap that breaks in about 10 minutes anyway… you get what you pay for. But, if you add some inexpensive festive tissue and stickers, sometimes a bunch of cheap plastic crap that breaks in 10 minutes is the PERFECT thing. Thank you, Dollarama!!

This took a bit of tape, and about fifteen minutes of time – et voila! Weapons of mass destruction disguised as love presents. (And I threw in a couple of bags of Hershey’s Kisses for good measure too.) Now Oliver can play whack-a-mole with his sister, and I won’t worry much about her head breaking apart and spilling her jam-like brains everywhere.

The funniest part of it all is that Ava Scarlett (home from school today with a cold she’s had all weekend) stood about eight feet away from me in the very same room as I wrapped and photographed all this stuff… she was heavily engrossed in Play-Doh at the time. I find that amazing.

I’d planned to hand-deliver a sushi lunch to Martin at work today, but I’m staying close to home with Madame. I can save that surprise for another random day. ‘Tis rather grey and gloomy-looking ouside as I type this… I think my unwell Tinkerbell could use some soup and a nap. I could use a break from her irritable and crusty demeanour. As well as her nose…

But it’s all good. There’s a lovely bottle of Veuve in the fridge, thanks to Martin’s other wife (AKA Awesome Bosslady) and I believe he’s making me dinner tonight. (I say “I believe” because if you “believe” then oftentimes these things can magically happen. Heh.)

Watch this video. It makes me smile.

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