tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post4442428868213329162..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Valentine's Day; the screenplaynappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26163622456169301132011-02-21T10:39:58.420-05:002011-02-21T10:39:58.420-05:00plan b - sadly, it is. We even had written instruc...plan b - sadly, it is. We even had written instructions from the teacher about it!<br /><br />NB - see above...<br /><br />MTFF - we actually made a pact not to get cards for each other this year, so fed up we have become with how commercial it is here....<br /><br />A modern mother - I am sure that, had it not been compulsory, the boys would not have been interested!<br /><br />Met Mum - yes!! This is not an exaggeration...<br /><br />Helen - you're right. You give a card to absolutely everyone. Totally takes away the romance...nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-54806119340115276592011-02-21T05:49:22.869-05:002011-02-21T05:49:22.869-05:00Valentines day sounds like a very different event ...Valentines day sounds like a very different event in the US.Helen@baby shoeshttp://www.thebabyshoecompany.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-35582934117909958672011-02-20T16:31:37.767-05:002011-02-20T16:31:37.767-05:00Is it really that bad? xxIs it really that bad? xxMetropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-16213546600134988492011-02-20T02:24:26.336-05:002011-02-20T02:24:26.336-05:00My girls didn't get any. No romance here.My girls didn't get any. No romance here.a modern motherhttp://www.amodernmother.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-46551417597911528422011-02-18T17:57:10.607-05:002011-02-18T17:57:10.607-05:00That was our house. And I was the nasty Tiger Moth...That was our house. And I was the nasty Tiger Mother/Strict Schoolmarm who forced her 6 year old to make home-made individual cards for each child (secretly so I could get my hands on the GLUESTICKS AND HELP). <br />And romance? Husband bloody forgot and didn't get me anything. Pah.MTFFhttp://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26845593300105276052011-02-17T08:17:44.218-05:002011-02-17T08:17:44.218-05:00They give Valentines presents in class? I'd ha...They give Valentines presents in class? I'd have been running around all sugared up if I'd been given that lotNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-30874154873975634232011-02-17T04:34:17.190-05:002011-02-17T04:34:17.190-05:00Can't type. Must scrape jaw off floor. I boug...Can't type. Must scrape jaw off floor. I bought B a card in horrid card shop in town at about 4pm on Sunday evening in panic and astonishment that they were open (Valentines cards half price incidentally...). He I think had remembered a little earlier but the girls were (and remain) totally oblivious to the whole thing. Can't believe it's part of the curriculum...Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-31645163206411899372011-02-16T18:04:38.323-05:002011-02-16T18:04:38.323-05:00Lorna -those Californians -always have to go one b...Lorna -those Californians -always have to go one better!<br /><br />HOM - Better forewarned...I had no idea about all of this last year. <br /><br />Stacy - thank you.....<br /><br />Expat Mum - it's amazing how quickly they do forget, really...<br /><br />Tanya - I think we were having restorative drinks even before they went to bed....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-89661414116795383592011-02-16T03:37:03.699-05:002011-02-16T03:37:03.699-05:00I hope that you and the doctor got to sneak in a r...I hope that you and the doctor got to sneak in a relaxing & restorative drink after the boys had gone to bed! (Tanya (Bump2Basics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11190613569079236305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-37012229502791793882011-02-15T23:14:08.670-05:002011-02-15T23:14:08.670-05:00Fortunately our school celebrated V Day last Frida...Fortunately our school celebrated V Day last Friday as we're off this week. Our flight was Friday evening so Little Guy got home from school and was whisked off to the airport before he could do anything with the bag full of crap. I just hope I can find it and hide/bin it when we get back.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-51646424660549454982011-02-15T13:57:32.490-05:002011-02-15T13:57:32.490-05:00that last comment was actually from me - and it sa...that last comment was actually from me - and it said: OMG you are scaring me. I was just logged into the wrong blogger accountHome Office Mumhttp://homeofficemum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-9120741861295909712011-02-15T13:55:43.686-05:002011-02-15T13:55:43.686-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Emma-Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07088597023768650893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-74697581983681134162011-02-15T12:36:18.222-05:002011-02-15T12:36:18.222-05:00You've just described the scene in our house e...You've just described the scene in our house exactly yesterday.<br /><br />My 6th grade son came out of school and announced that they'd had a chocolate fountain with fresh strawberries to dip. A parent had brought it in. <br /><br />Crazy!Calif Lornahttp://califlorna.comnoreply@blogger.com