Heigh-ho, readers, Mark here. With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, it seems approprite for me to chime in with some commentary. Truly Valentine's Day ushers in the end of a cold, cruel winter and the promise of springtime, when a young man's fancy turns to love. Ahh, me... young love. Yes, even I rememer what it was like. Someday, all of you younger readers will be where we are: seasoned hearts purged in the furnace of experience and subsequently forged in the fires of passion. And Saint Valentine himself, that delightful cherub who hath sailed in on the wings of love to light the spark of romance within humanity, has set aside this day as a celebration, nay, a living monument to the heart's purest emotion: love.
That being said, in the spirit of this upcoming holiday week I wanted to comment on some fun info and insider trivia about my three valentines. Here are some facts you may or may not know:
Ashley: my original, one-and-only true love and best friend.
Nickname: your highness -> majesty -> badgesty -> badger -> badgey (by this point in the evolution, she doesn't really like it. Actually, I guess none of those nicknames are that great)
Pet Peeve: New Jersey accents and loud cars.
Claim to fame: Supermom; Mother of two.
Fact: Everything Ashley does gets 100% effort. What a woman!
Fact #2: Ashley once spent four hours with Sadie on the potty, only to have Sadie run out and whiz on the living room carpet like a wild animal.
Pizza: Pizza Hut Pan, used to be pepperoni, but switching to sausage/pineapple.
Sadie: the fruit of my loins.
Nickname: The Beast, Saddlebags, sadis-dee (don't ask)
Fact: gets soaking wet 2 or 3 times a day from drinking water, dipping things in water, or giving utensils a "bath" in her cup.
Loves: anything with kethcup, babies, pulling her books and toys off of the shelf.
Fact: grape-aholic.
Favorite color: pink, but finally can actually name a few colors without calling everything yellow
Favorite store: Wal-Mart; she thinks that every store she goes in is Wal-mart.
Biggest disappointment: After Christmas we had to tell her that Frosty melted so we wouldn't have to watch that darn movie any more. She took it okay, but still wants to go "to the snow" to see Frosty.
Fact: chewed through a beautiful knit blanket like a rat. It is now a pile of rags that any hobo would shun.
Favorite policy: don't talk to strangers. Taking candy- not a problem.
London: daughter of my tribulations, born in the wilderness. jk; 4 month old baby.
Nickname: Lundy Loo, "the other beast", "da cheeks"
Pet peeve: tummy time.
Loves: silliness, weight gain.
Best move: trembling lower lip before tears.
Fact: London once lost her binky in the rolls of fat on her neck.
Fact: not nearly as serious as her big sister was at her age.
New skill: grabbing things, kicking legs
Loves: her daddy almost as much as her food and her mommy.
Sooooo sweet. You have to see it to believe it.
You can imagine what it's like being surround by these three girls. I used my experiences with them as the inspiration for my newest hit single, "Ladies' Man." Watch for it on iTunes.
