Our day was full of Valentine's goodness...
The kids and Ryan got shirts and I got a lovely new scarf... plus candy all around. Ryan's fancy wrapped Symphony bar had an iTunes gift card stashed inside. We had tasty heart-shaped muffins and strawberries for breakfast... yum!
Fruit salsa and heart cut out cinnamon tortilla chips went to work with Ryan... and I took some to visit my friend Loretta who is in town from Alabama. We had so much fun visiting and chatting that I didn't take a picture. I love seeing her though!
Sophia and I got to go into Coleman's classroom party to help with a craft... we made
flowers and
cute little mice out of lollipops.
I love being in the kids' classroom, I wish I could find a way to go more often.
Here are my cuties. Sophia's smile is so cheesy! She likes to ham it up when we pull the camera out.
These were the fun Valentines we made for the kids to hand out... Olivia's says "Look WHOOOO's wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day! Love, Olivia" and Coleman's says, "Valentine, I've got my EYE on you! Love, Coleman." Cute, cute! We made them by personalizing some business cards (only about $6 for a pack of 50--that's like grocery store prices!) through Heritage Makers.
Dipping our own strawberries should be an annual Valentine tradition, I just decided :).
Since someone in our family (who will remain nameless) doesn't like strawberries, I dipped some graham crackers too.
This was my Valentine craft this year... circles of felt, a whole slew of straight pins, and a heart shaped piece of styrofoam was all it took to make this beauty.
One of Ryan's coworkers made a great template that I loved, so I swapped in our names and made it into an 8x8 canvas. So cute!
I adored all of my love notes from my sweetie and this print... it's our family photo printed on aluminum. It's water-proof and scratch resistant, so it could even go outside somewhere (although it might fade in direct sunlight). It is impossible to capture the coolness of this print in a photo... so you'll just have to come on over to take a look at it in person.
**Did you do anything special to celebrate the day?
5 comments:
I always love reading up on your holiday traditions...SO fun!
You amaze me!
That fruit salsa looks yummy! You'll have to tell me what you put in it! Glad you had fun on your trip! Looks like a great time!
You are always an inspiration for holidays! I can't believe how your little Sophia is growing up, what a cute girl.
your holiday celebrations are inspiring.
your family photo looks so cool (i'm sure it's even better in person). wish we lived close by so we could pay ryan to take our family photos.:)
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