Valentine Dinner

On Valentine's Day, we had a special Valentine dinner.

These heart topiaries were a craft project I worked on this month

We got some jelly hearts and Valentine colored candy corn, and put them in little boxes at each place. Later on we used them when decorating cookies.

 Evie posing with the muffins and the candy dishes

 

Dorie was my cute little Valentine pup

We made some heart shaped pizzas

Kate came and celebrated with us, which was so fun!

Dorie wanted to be in the picture too

The girls getting pictures with Aunt Kate

Mike, me and our silly Sam

We decorated sugar cookies for dessert

Evie is big on doing peace signs right now

Evie with her amazing creation - the heart snowman

 Lots of cookies!

Sadie wearing her Valentine bow

We read Valentine bedtime stories

Sades loves to cuddle with Kate

School Valentines Parties

Preparing for school Valentine parties started with making Valentine boxes. Evie wanted to make a cupcake, Nora wanted to make a dog house, and Sam just wanted to paint a box. 

We made the top of the cupcake by doing paper mache over a mixing bowl. Evie was completely grossed out by the paste

We found out later that Evie didn't need to bring a Valentine box to school, which turned out to be good because it took us longer to get her's all finished!

Next, the kids signed all of their Valentine cards, and attached the candy

Signing Valentines is hilarious, apparently 

Sam with all the Valentines he got at school

When Dorie realized there were treats involved, she got very interested (and Sam started freaking out)!

Later, the girls came home from their class Valentine parties

Finishing up Evie's cupcake box - She finished it for the family Valentine tea party, and I told her we are keeping for her to use next year at school! We covered the top with little squares of tissue paper, glued on using the eraser end of a pencil. Evie, Nora and I all worked on this part to get it done.