St. Valentine

“Ooo I am love!”
“Are you? Er,….. I mean what do you love?”
“I am be love deez!” he shakes the packet of Marshmallows.
“Rubbish! You hate Marshmallows.”

I recall our long programme of desensitization to textures, ongoing. Part of it included making stick figures with Q-tips and baby Marshmallows. I was never that keen on them myself anyway, a heathen American invention if ever there was one, but 35 minutes of that particular exercise, more or less finished me off. I was quite deafened by the whole experience and the desensitization programme was designated an unmitigated flop.

“I am be love now.”
“Really why?” He squeezes the bag to his chest in little vibratory movements.
“Coz dey are pink and pink is being my favourite colour.”
“Ah yes, I’d forgotten that. So you’ll eat pink ones but not white ones?”
“No.”
“But you just said that you like them!”
“I like em because dey are…… puff…….I mean…..dey are soft.”

He gives the packet another little hug.

“Well that’s……good. I’m going to use them to decorate the little heart shaped cakes for your class tomorrow.”
“Decorate?”
“Yes. I’ll put one marshmallow on each cake, glue it in place with icing…..er…..frosting. Do you think your friends might like them?”
“Maybe.”
“Do you think you’ll like them, like them enough to eat one perhaps?”
“Er no……”
“You could try?”
“It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”

Here are a few picture links to more mainstream or traditional Valentine themes.

Not really “Hearts” and flowers.

Much more my kind of hearts and “Flowers.”

Just in case you dipped out, here is a “Bouquet.”

Or a “green” alternative.


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Posted on February 13th, 2008.
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32 Comments

  1. she:
    February 14th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Thank you for the link love :) Happy Valentine’s Day!

  2. Robin:
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:14 am

    “It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”

    Now that’s wisdom. Would he accept a cyber hug if there was no touching involved?

  3. Casdok:
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:16 am

    I think he could start a new diet trend with those words!!

  4. Veronica:
    February 14th, 2008 at 3:24 am

    I knew there was a reason I don’t just eat the cat!

  5. Bendygirl:
    February 14th, 2008 at 4:34 am

    How gorgeous. More and more I think his wisdom could solve alot of the world’s problems, BG x

  6. Mr. Bloggerific Himself:
    February 14th, 2008 at 4:53 am

    Eat the cat? *goes off to measure the crock pot*

  7. birchsprite:
    February 14th, 2008 at 5:37 am

    What a wonderful little soul!

    Happy Valentines to all!!!!

  8. Emily:
    February 14th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Dude. What is it with little boys and pink? Mine loves pink and I could imagine him declining to eat them for the same reasons.

  9. Leanne:
    February 14th, 2008 at 6:18 am

    How cute. Makes perfect sense to me. Happy Valentines Day. Today isn’t Valentines for us however because it’s Patrick’s birthday. Kinda trumps the day, know what I mean? I wonder how old he’ll be before I have to stop calling him my little valentine?

  10. furiousBall:
    February 14th, 2008 at 6:35 am

    that’s sweet. and to me, that’s what valentine’s day is about, teaching kids that love exists

  11. farmwifetwo:
    February 14th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    You are a better Mom than I. One of my peeves is that they allow food in school during holidays and I have one with a food intolerance and another that’s a picky eater.

    Off to find kid friendly food for tonight. Then we’re having adult friendly (seafood) after boys are in bed.

    Happy Valentine’s Day.

    S.

  12. Whitenoise:
    February 14th, 2008 at 7:35 am

    “It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”

    Love this. ;-)

  13. Niksmom:
    February 14th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    Such wonderful wisdom. Can you market that as a celebrity weight-loss program? youd be rich! LOL

    happy Velntine’s Day to you all.

  14. Angela:
    February 14th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    LOL! That is wonderful!! Tell me though…you don’t even like s’mores??? I thought everyone liked those…:)

  15. tut-tut:
    February 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Yes, hugs for loves. Thanks for the flowery links! Happy Valentines, Maddy; I hope you have a wonderful day.

  16. Aliki:
    February 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    How CAN you eat what you love–it seems wrong, somehow.

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

  17. Crystal Jigsaw:
    February 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    That is really cute. Telepathic hugs to him on Valentines Day.

    Crystal xx

  18. Jodie:
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    You have a beautiful family. You have a beautiful life!! Hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day!
    Jodie

  19. Blog Antagonist:
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    “It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”

    That is adorable, and you certainly can’t fault his logic.

    I don’t like to eat marshmallows either, but I love to squeeze them.

  20. Franki:
    February 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    I can’t stand dem marshmallows either. They are nastified. And pink is my favorite color too. Me and yer son should hang out. Happy VD Maddy!

  21. elasticwaistbandlady:
    February 14th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

    May the chocolate heart force be with you!

  22. CircusKelli:
    February 14th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    I love squishing marshmallows! It’s like very quiet bubblewrap. :)

  23. Debi:
    February 14th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    Happy Valentine’s Day!!! I LOVE the way he talks and how you write it! I’m right there understanding it and loving it! I completely understand where my son is going with his logic. I do love that about me too…that I understand it, I’m thankful about that!

  24. Marla:
    February 14th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!!

  25. Angela:
    February 14th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    I would save a clean shirt so when he gets the cupcake on his shirt from hugging it.
    So wonderful
    I love it
    Happy Valentines Day

  26. Karen:
    February 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    He’s right of course. You can’t have your marshmallows and eat them, too. If only we all had such unbridled passion for the things we love. Just hug the stuffin’ out of them.

  27. lime:
    February 15th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    oh god love him, the line
    “It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”
    that is priceless. irrefutable logic right there!

  28. Mer:
    February 15th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    “It be bad to eat dah fings you love. If I eat em, then I can’t hug em.”

    I feel I may need a bumper sticker. And I hate bumper stickers. ;0)

    Your son is wise beyond his years. :0)

  29. Lisa's Chaos:
    February 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Did he eat them? Are the loved things in his belly?

  30. Carrie:
    February 16th, 2008 at 6:34 am

    “I am be love now.”

    That’s one brilliant kid.

    love.

  31. Bipolarlawyercook:
    February 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    I can hug my steak just fine… in mah bellah! Too funny.

  32. Mary (MPJ):
    February 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    That’s so cute! Loving and hugging those soft, pink marshmallows.

    Pink used to be my son’s favorite too — and we actually did have a success trying a new treat on Valentine’s Day. I’m thinking of making every day a holiday for food exploration purposes alone!

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