the ingredients....
finished product....
olivia has been home from school for a couple of days this week due to snow!!!! so what to do w/ all our time?????? (as if a mom ever has "spare time") BUT! with valentine's day coming up this weekend, and olivia's class having a party, it was a great opportunity to make valentines! so i found this cute little homemade valentine to make, out of a magazine my mother-in-law got for me! (thanks denise!) how stinkin's cute our these!!! and since olivia loves crafts, this seemed like such a fun idea!!!??? so remember n&s's birthday cakes i made????? and how cool of an idea it seemed, but in the end it took like 8 hrs to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!? well.....these didn't take 8 hrs, but they certainly required ALOT more work than i originally thought, when we decided to do them :( even though we only needed 20 or so flowers......it requires three cut out hearts per flower, PLUS 2 circles! so guess who got to cut out everything????? (admist my repainting the living room project)
but......i have vowed to start spending more quality time with my kids. and time spent doing something that each one loves to do. and for olivia.....crafts are something she loves to do.....and quality time is her love language. so in the end.....it's all worth it, and she loved putting them together and is anxious to give them to her classmates!!!
so HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to all! hope you have a special weekend :)
