Too Much Love!

Last year for Valentines Day I made heart shaped rice crispy treats for the kids to give out for Valentines. I also had them stamp their own v-day cards (of course this meant that I did all the cutting and gluing of the paper....see, I told you I was cheap!). This year I decided to make heart shaped sugar cookies.

What was I thinking??!

This means for Caleb's class I had to make 12, but Mae's class is what almost put me over the edge. You see, Mae is in a 1st-2nd grade combination class. She basically has two teachers, which means two classes. Translated in valentines is 40 cookies!!!! I think this should certify me as insane, don't you? Why else would I, on my very own, decide to make a total of 52 cookies, put icing on each and every single one, put each and every single one in their very own valentine baggie, then attach a valentine card on each and every one??? See, insanity I tell ya!

(too many Valentines!)

This must mean that I really really really love my children, right? Well, ok, I do, but maybe I'm just compensating for myshort comings as a mother? Or maybe I just want to look good to the other moms who sent their children to school with store bought valentines and nothing else? At this point I'm thinking those moms are actually more balanced than I. I bet they didn't work on cookies and valentines for hours and hours over the past couple days! I bet their feet didn't ache at the end of the day for being in the kitchen too long! And I bet their children are just as pleased with their valentines and mine were for their own.

Next year I'm going to have to find another way to spread the love without spreading myself too thin!