The Saturday before Valentine's Day, I hosted a Valentine's Day party for Corinne and some of her close friends from school. The girls had fun, and it was actually really fun for me, too. They made a craft and played a Valentine's twister game I got from Oriental Trading. I served a light lunch, and then we had pink cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and some chocolates for dessert.
(Allison helped make the cupcakes and the chicken salad.)
(above: all the girls lined up to use the hot glue gun- maybe I should have borrowed a second one to speed up the process!)
(I love how Allison just scoots up a chair and joins the party. She thinks she is just one of the girls. Good thing all of Corinne's friends think she is adorable.)
I had to plan Corinne's class Valentine's Day party too. We played a few games with conversation hearts, and then they passed out their valentine's and had sugar cookies. Corinne's teacher doesn't like long parties, and neither do I! At least not at school. So it was short and sweet.
On Valentine's Day, I gave each of my kids a new book and a candy bar. I also made pink heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, which has become a tradition at our house. Tyson went to a gluten free bakery and surprised me with some cake pops, which is probably my favorite dessert right now. It was a nice week. Fun, but not too crazy!
As soon as Matthew found out that I was planning a party for Corinne, I got a big "That's not fair!".
So...... on to plan a St. Patrick's Day party for Matthew and his friends! (Lots of green food and playing Wii....done.)
