school valentines

Valentine’s Day snuck up on me this year.

It’s not my favorite holiday at all, 

but it’s more fun now that the kids are getting

older. I might even need to decorate 

next year. 

The kids each had a party at school and

they were conveniently spread out to 

different days. This was both a

good thing and kind of not...

Up first was Brookie Boo...but her

Valentine’s were the last that I thought about. 

Oops.

Dug up some unused play doh and 

busted out the Cricut. Lucky for me, 

Paige and Tate gave out the same 

thing when they were younger, so 

I just updated the name. 

Boom. 

Done.

Taters was the first to get to work on

Valentine’s Day treats. 

I just knew it would take him a 

little while to write his name enough times.

Paige was the only one who needed a

homemade box, so that was nice.

We had fun working on it together...over the

course of a few evenings. 

These things always take longer than you think.

If you ask her, Paige’s favorite color

right now is “rainbow.”

It’s both trendy and indecisive.

Both describe Paige-so happy to 

be part of the crowd, while not wanting to

exclude anyone or hurt any feelings...

including whatever color might feel left

out if not chosen as a favorite.

Night one was spent cutting strips of

paper to make her box “rainbow.”

It had a little bit more of a pride

vibe to it, so I had to figure out what would

help. We decided on the arched rainbow with

clouds...I think that was all it needed. 

And because it’s Paige, she left a sweet

note for her friends to read as they

dropped in their cards. 

Gosh, I love that kid. 

Anyways! 

Brooke had her party and loved it! 

Rotten teeth and all...haha

Tate has his party that I got to attend. 

We were in charge of fruit. Tate chose

watermelon (because February is basically summer?)

and the 2 of us cut it into hearts for his

little friends. 

We got home and opened his goody bag

in the driveway.

Such a fun day with my little guy.

And Brooke was there, too...

Then PaigeyK signed her name (and 

addressed each card to a friend)

...while wearing her favorite fuzzy backpack from Liz!

She had a lot of fun at school, too! 

On Valentine’s Day, Tate was not 

pleased with our lack of decorations, so

we strung the heart confettis he found at 

school and made a Valentine’s Day sign 

for the kitchen. 

The pink and red combo didn’t quite have

the look I was going for, but it was Tate approved, 

so I went with it. 

While I was grabbing supplies, Taters even 

snagged this photo of Brooke! 

Well done, Tate! 

Well done! 

And I’m happy to say, valentines prep and 

execution is done. 

Phew!