I'm sure some of you avid Pattiwagoneers have been waiting with bated breath for this post. (right? RIGHT?) If you're a new Pattiwagoneer, my family and I have a tradition of making each other Valentine's Day cards every year. You can see previous Valentine posts
here and here and here and here.
I went with an old-school theme this year. The front of each card was a simply a heart, and here are the outsides:
For my dad,
And my mom,
And my sister,
For this one, I found a light up button, and put it in the back, so she could turn it on. I was worried about it actually working after being shipped, so I also painted the heart with glow-in-the-dark paint.
And here are the ones I received:
From my mom,
The poem is an allusion to the world's most resilient Christmas tree ornament. It is a real ice cream cone that has lived through five presidents (i.e., 27 years). And it still looks like this. I think it has super powers. Or just a lot of additives.
From my dad,
You can never go wrong with a UK-themed card. Especially in a year when they're 31-0.
And from my sister,
Do you remember where you were when you found out that SkyMall was going bankrupt? I do, and it felt like a little piece of my heart died. And so when I opened up this card with ACTUAL PHOTOS FROM ACTUAL SKYMALLS, that little piece of my heart was filled with a special kind of joy, equaled perhaps only by solving Fermat's Last Theorem or birthing a baby.
And of course, here's a Valentine's Day bulletin board for all your oohing and aahing.
Love the sky mall valentine. I'll have to riff off that one next year
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