Preparation for Valentine’s Day was in FULL swing this year!
First, Valentine cards. Aidan wanted to pass out Angry Bird Valentines with
Angry Bird tattoos to his Kindergarten class this year, and Caleb wanted to
pass out Valentines with Dum Dum lollipops attached. Since Aidan is in
Kindergarten now, he was required to write his name and the names of each of
his classmates on the Valentines. Caleb, on the other hand, was required to cut
out a picture of each of his classmates and glue it to each of his Valentines
(I thought this was a great idea that his teacher came up with since he and the
kids in his class can’t read yet). In
addition, we also put little mailboxes outside of the boys’ bedroom and a
Valentine card-making station in the playroom so that anyone during the first
few days of February could make a Valentine and put it in either of their mailboxes.
The boys really enjoyed making Valentines for each other! I remember going downstairs one day wondering why they were so quiet in the playroom and seeing them hard at work at the Valentine card-making station making Valentine after Valentine for each other along with some for me and Mike. It was an endearing thing to watch.
The boys really enjoyed making Valentines for each other! I remember going downstairs one day wondering why they were so quiet in the playroom and seeing them hard at work at the Valentine card-making station making Valentine after Valentine for each other along with some for me and Mike. It was an endearing thing to watch.
Next, Valentine treats! Over Christmas break, Aidan’s
cousins KC and Kristen spoiled us by making chocolate-dipped pretzels as an
occasional treat throughout the week. On one of those days, the girls ran out
of pretzel rods and ended up using pretzel crisps instead. Aidan and I thought
the pretzel crisps ended up tasting way better! So when it was time to go home,
Aidan made me promise that one day we would make KC and Kristen’s
chocolate-dipped pretzel crisps again. Well, Valentine’s Day seemed like the
perfect opportunity to make such a delicious treat. So the weekend before
Valentine’s Day, the boys made chocolate-dipped pretzel crisps for our relatives
that live nearby in Maryland.
We boxed them up, wrote some labels, and handed
them out on the day! The boys were so proud of the treats they made, and Aidan
also reminded me to take pictures so that KC and Kristen would know that we
were thinking of them!
