We have been crafting and baking in preparation for the lovely Valentine's Day. First, we went to my sister-in-law's paper store in town, Ro Sham Bo, and took some time to busy ourselves in the art of Valentine making. She puts on an incredible spread at her store full of paper, stickers, envelopes, stamps and special pens to make the experience so much fun. Everything is laid on big tables and everyone seems to work diligently and share amazingly well, even the 3 year olds. For the writing on the valentine's, I did try to focus on the friendship aspect of Valentine's Day - especially with my son. He was a bit timid about writing "Love, Henry" on each and every card he made for the kids in his class. But once "From, Henry" was introduced he was off and running. Both kids crafted many Valentine's Cards - making ones for everyone in their class and their teachers.
I think my kid's respective Valentine's cards say a lot about their personalities...but perhaps I am reading too much into it.
We have also been baking. My daughter and I baked a flourless chocolate cake to share with our family across town on Saturday night. This ugly yet delicious cake was paired with store bought blood orange sorbet. And today we all made Valentine's Day cookies.
And just for fun...here is a shot of the dirty dishes after!
We are ready and excited for the big day!
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