Katie's World: Valentine's Day

Hi! I am going to open with a photo of Caroline's effort to set the table. It looks a little like modern art!

We had a busy week celebrating Valentine's Day. I became obsessed with heart-shaped foods, starting with the girls lunch boxes on Friday, which included heart-shaped cheese, cucumbers and strawberries in jello.

The girls both took valentines to their classmates. Caroline decided she would rather hold on to hers than pass them out, so she spent the first part of the morning carrying her box of cards around.

Katie on the other hand was excited to pass her cards out. We spent several nights preparing the cards (see needed 40+ for the four preschool groups and the teachers and helpers). So she got lots of practice writing her name! I was remembering back to her first year in preschool when I wrote her name and she scribbled on the card.

Here is the bag that Katie decorated- very fancy!

Saturday morning the girls received Valentines treat bags along with a little mailbox containing valentines from Jamie and me.

Unfortunatley the weekend also brought a bought of stomach flu for Caroline, so that mitigated her enjoyment of the day, but she was happy to load up her valentines into her mailbox.

We had special heart-shaped strawberry muffins for breakfast and then we anxiously awaitied our visit from Jen, Billy, Hannah and Emma (who made the trip despite my call forwarning them of the pukey factor).

They arrived just before lunch (which consisted of heart-shaped grilled cheese for the kids) and we played and then got everyone down for a nap.

Once the girls were awake the girls decorated their mailboxes. Caroline pretty much just filled her box with the decor, but I was eventually able to convince her to stick things on it.