He had a great time trading valentines I think. Each of the kids decorated a lunch sack to collect the goods in. It was so cute to see all the valentines where the little kids wrote their names. I'm sure we'll get Max there someday.
I was a little bummed though because I wanted to make these adorable things for his Valentines.
Aren't they so cute? (If you want to see how to make them check out this post from Scribbit)But of course I didn't have nearly enough time to do that, so I had to send him with Nemo/Cars/Incredibles etc. valentines from Walmart with sweet-tarts stapled to them. Not so cute, but it still took me a long time to get them ready. I didn't feel bad but I was just bummed out not to get to craft a little when there was a good excuse.
BUT I did get involved in something else fun for Valentines. It was the "Valentines Swap" which my friend Erica hosted. (By the way if you haven't checked out Erica's blog you totally should. She's very entertaining, informative and cute--a good combo.)
Those involved in the swap were assigned a partner, and then we had to get together some sort of a fun valentine's package for them. It was a lot of fun to do. My partner did a great job. It was so fun to get a big package full of exciting red and pink happy lovey kind of stuff.
Thanks so much Sarah!
Check out the valentines quilt that Kathy (Kris's mom) gave me for my birthday.
I love it! It goes so great with the wood on my table and it's so cheery. Just what we need in cold freezing freezing February.
On Valentines day I set up a festive table in the tradition of my mother--some chocolates, some cards. The essentials. (the monkey that you can see on the right hand plate was for Max from Kris's mom. He's carried it around constantly ever since he opened it)
I got Kris these really cool heart cufflinks. Very fitting for the holiday in my opinion!
I helped Max make a special valentine for Kris after school. I think he enjoyed the process, but as always with coloring/drawing he was glad when we were done.
Note the precise sticker placement.
And lastly I'll leave you with my favorite decoration out of the ones I tried to come up with this year. I think it turned out pretty cute.
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Goodness baby-dear, I checked your blog just an hour or so ago, and here you are, up much too late, doing what I wish I had done about things I also wish I'd been part of. Darn that kathy for making an adorable quilt - I never do ANYTHING productive anymore. And now I fee sad and bad because I did nothing for you or for anybody on one of my favorite days of the year.
Some people hate Valentine's day. It's not historically accurate some say. But mostly, they hate it because they think it's about romantic love. But they're wrong. It's about giving friends and family sweet little surprises and playing games with hearts and flowers and putting up spots of scarlet and lace in the face of a sagging winter high pressure zone. Maybe I'll write a blog and put all this in it.
Anyway, tell that kathy woman to stop being so danged thoughtful and creative. I'm feeling like a trog.
But you had a happy day, and I'm glad!
Oh man! What a fun V-Day!
Some day I'll be cool and full of luv day myself.
:)
Love YOU!
oooh i love the homemade mouse Valentine's. I checked out the link, and they had more links to cute home made valentine's. Too bad V-day is over. Do you know of any cool Easter ideas? I would need to get these started now to finish in time for Easter.
It looks like a great Valentines Day. I love that quilt. Perfect on your table.
i love love love the decoration...i love anything with birds on it! CUTE!
The lighting on the pics of max showing off his valentine is awesome...he's such a cute little man!
Thanks for doing the swap...it's so fun getting something in the mail don't ya think?
Carie-I've got some Easter posts coming starting next week actually. Sugar Easter eggs and peeps treats and egg trees and other stuff. . .
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