Valentine's Parties

A year ago, my girls were Valentine's Day party poopers. Neither chose to exchange cards with their classmates, and there were no parties for me to help plan or volunteer in.

But this year, the Valentine's spirit returned. Both actually created valentines for their classmates, and Cora's class had a party that I helped organize.

Violet made butterfly valentines out of cupcake liners - she did it one Friday evening a couple of weeks ago, when Cora and I were watching a movie that Vi didn't want to watch. I provided no help or direction whatsoever; she just took it upon herself to create these beauties.

Cora, meanwhile, took some soap-making supplies she received as a birthday gift from Vivian and made little soaps. She attached them to her Grumpy Cat valentines - the perfect choice for Cora!

Jen and I planned the party for Miss Lotito's class, and the kids painted rocks that they could have given to someone special (like Mom).

After painting their rocks, the kids had cupcakes.

Then it was time for a rousing game of tic tac toe, played on graham crackers with icing for the lines, and candy hearts for the pieces.

Cora's playing with her classmate Sawyer here.

I sneaked over to Violet's class for a bit, when it was my time to volunteer. I was in time to watch the kids, a few at a time, passing out their cards while they watched a Peanuts Valentines special.

Then it was back to Cora's class, where Jen and I treated the rocks with mod podge so they'd be weather-resistant.
It was a fun day, one I spent at school from 11 a.m., and I'll cherish these memories of helping in class for parties.