Strange thoughts

So, I was reading the latest post from my good friend Erin over at Everything Erin, and she mentioned that I had stepped in a deposit her dog had left on their lawn while I was at their house on Saturday. What struck me as odd at the time, was that Malcom's poop doesn't stink. No, seriously. It doesn't. You know the drill, you step in dog poop, and immediately, the smell assaults your senses, and you get all frustrated "ah crap, I just stepped in dog poop!" There was none of that. I walked around for a few minutes afterwards, and might not have noticed, except that one shoe seemed to be riding a little higher than the other, and then after putting the kids in teh van, I noticed some poop spots on the pavement. But, no smell. Strange, the things that strike you in the moment.

OK, enough talk of poop. Our valentines day was pretty low key. I teach on Wednesdays, and so we decided to celebrate it early. We went out to dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, Azteca. It's a little pricey, but we tend to go there once every few months or so. Anyway, since we had already gone to dinner, we ended up staying home. That was a good thing, since Lori wasn't feeling good when I got home, and she ended up sleeping some 11 hours that night. I did stop in at Wal-Mart on my way home and picked up a bouquet of roses for Lori, and a few stuffed animals for the girls. I got a unicorn for Hailey, and she has hardly let it out of her sight since. Sierra has insisted on having her bear with her each night as she goes to bed. She sleeps with 2 bears now, "Hug Bear," which I had given her for valentines day last year, and the new bear, whose name escapes me at the moment. Anyway, I pretty much just stayed home, put the kids to bed, and played video games. Pretty relaxing for me, and hopefully for Lori too.