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I love that my girls pick hand-made over store bought. I am proud when they are excited to try some thing new. I am filled with joy to watch them create with their hands. I am thankful that they love and appreciate the little things in life, or as Jade calls them “the details.”
Sometimes though, as life gets stressful and busy I find myself a little less thankful. Wishing and asking if those store bought packs of v-day cards would do. The answer of course is NO. I should have known better.
We have –
One afternoon, 2 excited girls, 5 homework assignments and an essay
We needed –
70 handmade Valentine treats and 2 happy girls
All I can say is thank goodness for chocolate!
Rain got to work making heart chocolates in batches in between home work and filling out the tags. Jade made a double batch of cookies and punched out heart tags while working on her essay. I wasn’t sure they would make it in time, but the girls did a great job! The night ended with hugs, smiles and a house that smelled like cookies.
Sometimes the easy way is nothing more than easy.
Rewards however, come with a bit of effort.
We are ready for Valentine’s Day!
Jade and I made some very cute Valentine Fortune Cookies for her to hand out in class. Each with a fortune and a chocolate heart. She insisted on adding lucky numbers, as it is not a real fortune cookie with out them. She had a hard time deciding between counting by 2’s or counting by 5’s. In the end she decided on using the date.
She also had to make a special Valentine for a secret pal in class. Her secret pal turned out to be a boy, so she tried to make it not girly.
Check out the how to we found here. The only changes we made were to use foam sheets instead of felt (a better texture), and hot glue as we had trouble with regular.
All and all, a really cute and simple project.
Hope your V-Day is a Happy one!!!
Mom and I have been in the mood for chocolate lately. She found this recipe yesterday for a Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake, and we just had to try it tonight.
The cake turned out wonderful. It was really easy to make. The whole family gave it thumbs up. So I thought I would share the yummy goodness with you.
Hope you enjoy it!!!
Have a wonderful day, and may all your chocolate be fabulous!
What can I say about an all natural snack that has chocolate listed as it’s number two ingredient? YUM! :)
I was stoked to find these on sale at Safeway for 2 for $5.00. To make matters better, the boxes had a coupon on them for $1.00 off. Result: one box of wholesome goodness for $1.50. I could sit here and describe how good these are or you can click here to get a box sent to you free of charge. Which is an even better deal.
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