Valentine's Day Parties

Lily and I invited over some of her cousins for a Valentine's Party last Monday.

We got everything ready for a fun afternoon!

When everyone got to our house, we made Valentines!

Everyone's Valentine was different & beautiful!

The twins got to come to the Valentine's party too! They didn't make Valentines though. ;0)

They were dressed up for Valentine's Day though!

After the valentines were all made, we played a fun game with conversation hearts and chopsticks.

They had to pick up the hearts with their chopsticks and put them on the table. Whoever had the most hearts off of their plate in 1 minute won.

Lily had a little bit of an advantage. We eat at Hu Hot a lot. The kids don't actually eat the stir fry, they eat chicken strips and waffle fries, but they use the kid's chopsticks to eat their food, so Lily was used to using them.

But the other kids got the hang of it fairly quickly!

They all did a good job!

Then it was time to hand out Valentines to each other!

After that was snack time. We had yummy treats!!

It was a good Valentine's Day Party!

On Monday night, I made these cake pops for Zach's class party:

And that's the only picture I got on Valentine's Day. :0(

I forgot my camera, so I was going to just use my phone, but then Zach's class was so crazy that I forgot to take any pictures. They had just gotten back from a bowling field trip. Seriously. They were getting off of the bus when I pulled into the parking lot. So, they were pretty wired. I did pop into Riley's class to drop off juice before I went to Zach's class (I'm Zach's room parent), so I got to see him for a bit, but then I never got back to his class. :0( He had fun in his room though, so that's good. =)

Later on, Jeff & I gave the kids their own box of chocolates and they had their favorite dinner; chicken & rice. Jeff brought me a dozen roses and a programmable coffee make that I have been wanting. I know...super romantic on the coffee make, but seriously, I love that thing. I love having coffee already ready when I walk into the kitchen. :0) (Oh, and Jeff got his favorite Reese's peanut butter cups.)

I'd say it was a pretty good Valentine's day had by all!

Valentine's Parties!

Riley had his Valentine party at school this morning.
When I walked in to help with the party I saw these yummy things on the table just waiting to be finished by 12 little 4 and 5 year olds!!

What a FUN idea for their party!
Riley and Lily had a great time decorating their own cupcakes.

When they were done decorating, they got to eat other really yummy treats too.

Riley showed me all of his Valentines when we got home.

He was very excited that all of his friends gave him one. :-)

Then later on this afternoon I went to Zach's class for his party.

They had all kinds of yummy treats to eat.

It looks like Zach is making really healthy choices in his snacks, but he just ate all of the cookies before I took the picture. ;-)

Both parties were really fun!!

Making Valentines!

We made Valentines today! I know, it's a little early, but my kids LOVE to do art projects. We painted papers red, pink, and lavendar. When they were dry, we cut out hearts & glued them to pretty doilies.

Here is Lily painting. She thought it was fun and didn't get too messy. =)

Here is Riley. He was so intent on his painting, he wouldn't even look up at the camera.

Here is Zach doing his after school. He really likes to paint, so a lot of times I save art projects for him to do after school that Lily & Riley did during the day.

Here are all three with their valentines!