Valentine's Day Parties!!

I was in charge of Kelsey's class valentine party this year. It turned out great! The kids had fun and we had lots of good food to eat. Because of the obesity crisis among children in the US, it's Texas law that they can't eat sweet at school--only a couple times during school year--so made it heart-healthy and served heart-shaped sandwiches, fruit on kabobs, chicken nuggets, and caprisuns! Technically it was only supposed to be a snack--but it turned more into a meal, it was great though and the kids ate it up. Being that we couldn't serve sweets I had asked if a parent wanted to put together some kind of sweet treat the kiddos could take home with them as a party favor. Two mothers contacted me to volunteer for that. But to my surprise, at the party we ended up with those two mothers' sweet treats along with 4 other treat bags to take home!! The kids were mighty spoiled!

I had put together a game where where the kids competed with each other to see who could build the tallest conversation heart tower in 30 seconds. This was right up the kids' alley. Then of course the handed out their valentines. Kelsey loved seeing what her classmates had given her. She was even MORE excited to give them what she had put together for them!!

We also went to a valentine's party at playgroup with Mylee. Thankfully I wasn't involved in coordinating or planning this one. We just showed up with valentines to pass out. Mylee had a great time. There were fun crafts to do (Mylee wasn't too interested), great food to eat (Mylee was of course, very interested), and of course great friends to play with!!