I feel like my time with my kids is quickly slipping away. I only have a few years left with Natalie and Nichole and I might just be starting to panic.
A few years back I decided it would be fun to pack everything in the kids lunches with green items for St. Patricks day. I even got up at 3 o'clock in the morning to make green bread and again at 5 o'clock to put it in the oven. It well lets just say was received less then enthusiastically from the older 2. My heart was broken. Here I was spending all this time to do something fun for the kids and I got made fun of. I then was far less motivated to make any other holiday for the last well almost 2 years special at all. But as I came to the realization that my girls are 15 and that means for less time with them in the very near future I decided to swallow my hurt and try again.
The first holiday that was overly celebrated was New Years and I posted on that one. It was just celebrated with the 2 younger kids. The older kids opted to go to their friends house (see I am loosing them already). So next up... Valentines Day. I decided that I was going to make a count down to Valentines day for them. It started with me hand stitching these envelopes for them to receive their little prize in for the day.
And on the first day they got these cute little arrows made out of gummy hearts and pretzels. I stuffed them into the adorable fry boxes and then packed them into their envelopes. And guess what folks.....
They were a hit! All of my kids (husband included) really liked their count down envelopes and eagerly awaited them everyday. The girls didn't make fun of my cheesiness. And they even liked their envelopes that I made. I think I have a winner. A new family tradition. Hope I remember to keep it up next year.
The following day packed these cute little heart push pops with red hots! Even Ella who doesn't like red hots liked this treat!
The next day I made blew them a kiss and sent them this cute tube of gum and kisses!
And after that I was less successful about taking pictures. But they got sixlets, chex mix, poprocks and lastly the dessert sushi that is pictured below!
I had dental work done the day before Valentines Day so I didn't feel like making a big Valentines Day meal. I put it off until Sunday when we would all be home to eat it together. Nichole (my sous chef) and I spent hours making and decorating for a very fancy meal.
We made...
A Bacon and chive deviled egg as an amuse bushe
A first course of: Parmesan popovers
The second course was: a wedge salad
Followed by: Crab hush puppies
The main dish was: Chicken pot pie with a side of prosciutto wrapped asparagus
and lastly for dessert we had: Chocolate dipped strawberries
and a cherry almond cupcake with cherry frosting
The whole Valentines extravaganza was a success. I can't wait to carry this over for many more years to come!
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