There are six days left until the big day. Valentines Day! As of last night I have all the little things together that I am going to give to my kids. My own mother has been instrumental in making more of this day than it used to be. So now it's my turn to tell my children that I love them!
I just love Target! They had some cute Valentine socks in the dollar section right after Christmas. At that point I wasn't sure what I was going to do (come on, I wasn't even out of the Christmas fog yet!), but when I saw the little socks I had to get two pair (one for Mae and one for Isabel....they didn't have any boyish socks for Caleb). Then a couple weeks ago I saw that Target's dollar section had little Valentine beenie baby-type animals. So I snatched up three of those. Finally, last night, I got Caleb some touchable bubbles. I will put their little gifts together and have them sitting out on the table for them in the morning (I'll most likely throw in some choclately candies for good measure....can't have Valentines Day without Kisses!). I haven't thought too much more about the rest of the day but maybe for lunch I'll make pancakes, since they are Mae's favorite (sorry, they won't be heart-shaped, but they'll be from the heart....does that count?) Then maybe after dinner I will do some heart-shaped brownies or something. I'm not too sure about that part either.
Of course I can't forget the Valentine cards for Mae's and Caleb's schools. Mae has 20 kids in her class, and Caleb 12. After much thought, I have decided to make these yummy rice crispy treats for the kids Valentines. I have some heart-shaped cookie cutters that will be perfect (one less item to purchase to put this Valentine together!). Then we will put them in Valentine gift bags along with an extra little goodie (Caleb has little plastic dinosaurs and Mae has lip-shaped erasers...again, Target!!!). Then at the top where the bag is tied off we will add a little card that says who the yummy treat is from. I have a little Valentine stamp set for the kids and they can stamp away to their hearts content on the front of the card. I think they will be cute and definitely not your run of the mill Valentine!
Mae says Valentines Day is her favorite holiday. It's because it is red and pink and has hearts!
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Thursday, February 8
Valentine Plans
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5 comments:
Wow, such cute ideas! What a great mom, your kids will love it and feel so special! I love that you are making their class valentines instead of buying them. That will be fun for them to do together.
Wow! You should be nominated for mommy of the year or somethin'. My mom always made a big deal of Valentine's Day, too. She would have treats and stuff on the kitchen table at our places when we got up in the morning. Such fun memories!
What fun ideas! I love the heart shaped rice crispy treats. I think I will try to make those for lunches on heart day. You are such a fun mom!
Awww....what a good Mommy you are! I used to get treats from my Mom too ;) I don't think I really thought about doing stuff for my kids. I was just going to buy the Valentines for Nate's class and a bag of candy. Gee...sounds real exciting eh? LOL
Lookit you all organized and stuff. Once again you inspire me to get up off my butt and do something. I'm suddenly really happy that I bought mini-marshmallows today. ~lol~
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