Great Valentine's Day card option for young kids

Since my surgery was postponed to February 7th, thanks to our little 6-legged visitors, I had to do some serious planning in advance for Valentine's Day.  With 2 kids in school now, neither of them totally able to take on the monumental task of a classroom full of cards by themselves, I had to jump into "super prepared" gear and have them done earlier than a week ahead of time.

I saw a great idea on a favorite blogger's website of mine, Rage Against the Minivan, for easy Valentine's Day cards and decided to try it myself.

What a fabulous idea and easy!

I took pictures of the kids holding a white broom stick handle.

Then added some text and images to spruce them up.

The final product was adorable.  I cut a small slit in the cards, the older 2 stuck their lollipops in and taped the backs and Viola!  We had over 45 Valentine's Day cards done in less than half an hour for less than $15.

 

Valentine's Day goodies

There are some days I do get bit by the baking bug. It's not often, but when it does happen, my sweet tooth is usually throbbing and I've scoured the pantry to see what kind of boxed goodies are left for me to devour.

Valentine's Day was no exception this year. The goodness in the pantry yielded a bag of sugar cookie mix and I just happened to have a heart-shaped cookie cutter for the occasion. Hot Dog! We're on!

It was time to put some blinders over my OCD, pull out the fancy-shmancy children lifters, stand between the two for more efficient referee-ing and bake some cookies.
Nathan, will most likely always be stuck with the pink, frilly aprons, because boys usually don't get those for gifts. Get used to it kid.
And where this one gets her photogenic-ness, I don't know. But when the camera comes out, she's ready man. Pose, head-tilt, pretty smile, etc.
Now, I do know where this one gets his photogenic-ness.
The next night was a daddy-night and he put together some home-made icing for the kiddos to slather on the freshly baked cookies.

These cookies were officially the best-tasting cookies I'd had in a long time. Full of sugar and made with lots of love.