Valentine’s Day, Pt. 1

 

Since Maeson is in preschool this year we got to make Valentine’s cards for all of his friends/classmates….YAY =) !  I decided to start them 2 weeks in advance because he was responsible for writing on all of them and I had a feeling he wouldn’t want to do 15 cards all in one sitting (surprisingly he did 12 in the first sitting so only had a few left to do the next time).  Maeson chose Angry Birds cards and was very specific about who should get what card/sticker, and of course he wrote Mariah's first (his preschool girlfriend.. so cute!).

Next on the list was to fill the goodie bags with the stuff Maeson picked from the Dollar Tree (pencils, erasers, lollipops, Spiderman candies for the boys [Maeson said we HAD to get Spiderman because one of his friends in class loves him] and Disney princess candies for the girls).  When the time came to do this, Maeson didn’t want to at first, but once we started he was having the time of his life.

Maeson is trying to pretend like he’s not having any fun…but then I caught him like this…

and when I showed him he BEGGED me to erase it, because he really “isn’t having fun.”

 

Even though I started all of this early in order to not have to do anything last minute, we didn’t start the teachers gifts until about 9pm the night before Valentine’s day…oops.

So for his teachers we decided to do the ever-so-trendy bake your words on a mug project.  You know the one, use permanent markers to decorate the cup and and then bake it in the oven (I did it for an hour at 300) and it’s supposed to be okay for using/washing/microwaving.  Well, I followed the directions I found online but I’m pretty sure those words are gonna wash off the first time they meet water =(.  However, they looked cute, the teachers LOVED them, and most importantly, Maeson was super proud of himself.

The teachers have a Keurig in the classroom so I had a last minute idea to throw a little K-Cup into each of their cups.  It was the perfect little filler.

I am lucky enough to help out in Maeson’s class on Thursdays so I was super excited that Valentine’s day was on a Thursday this year!  I arrived in his class just in time for his turn to put the stuff he brought into everyone else’s little paper plate envelopes

Since it was Valentine’s Day the kids spent the last hour of the day having some treats and watching a Winnie The Pooh Valentine’s movie, of course Maeson sat with with his preschool girlfriend, and she asked me to take a picture of them, she even put her arm around him..it was so cute!

soooo much precious in this one

 

Maeson said he wants to wear his “Chicks Love Me” shirt for a week

of course as soon as we got home he dumped out all his goodies for inspection

Maeson was quite satisfied with his goodies and it was so fun to read all the cards with him.  He is just the sweetest boy ever.  Stay tuned for Valentine’s Day pt. 2 and I’ll tell you about my gift for Richie (52 things I love about you, LEGO edition). Hopefully I’ll have it up sometime this weekend =)

We hope you all had a great day as well!