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| Reader R's Class Valentines |
I am not quite sure when it happened, but somewhere between 1986, when I stopped giving valentines to my classmates, and 2007, when our family reentered the world of Valentines, something drastically changed. When I was little, it was so fun to get a shoe box full of those cute paper valentines that you got 32 in a box for $2. Now, it is all about the STUFF. I did not realize this when my oldest daughter entered preschool. Yes, someone should had mentioned something... but yes, my daughter showed up with just the cheap valentines from the box. Yes, I was mortified when she brought her box home and I realized we were the ONLY ones who had been left in the 1980's Valentine's Day time warp.
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| "Friend, We Go Together Like Milk & a Cookie!" |
Well, enough said, we would not be caught empty handed again! Honestly, most years, I have opted for the still cheap, "day-after-purchase, hold-it-all-year pencils or bracelets plan." But this year, Pinterest and resourcefulness got the best of me and I decided that we would make our own treats. I decorated the cookies and made the topper, and Reader R wrote each of her classmates names on them with food color marker and helped package them! Success!
Now, poor Curious K, she got the left over cheap valentine's that I had had in storage for a couple years, and because I was too tired to go to the store... we stuck marshmallows in popsicle sticks and dipped them in chocolate. She did a great job drizzling them with pink and red candy melts and adding sprinkles. I loved that she helped and that I had everything on hand. ;^)
Happy Valentine's Day!
Cheers
Sarah
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