Valentine's Projects

Last weekend I was SO busy with tons of Valentine's projects. I always take on way too much then I get mad at myself, but I just do it all over again the next weekend. Most of my projects turned out ok, but I did have some problems with a few just because I was rushing through everything!

I was so lucky to be able to go into Reagan's preschool class to take some pictures of their Valentine's day party. The teacher always plans the cutest, most fun projects for these crazy 2 and 3 years olds! For Valentine's day, she made cookies, gave each kid a cookie, some frosting, a little cup of sprinkles, and had them decorate a cookie. Now that's my idea of a good time! I was surprised that they all actually decorated before eating the cookie! I think this is the ONE picture EVER I have of Reagan smiling nice at the camera. Cookies can do that to a girl. (Notice the cute personalized placemat they made a few weeks ago for each kid to have at their spot at the table! Cute!)

She really did pretty well decorating! She must have seen this done once or twice....

And remember those pots that Reagan decorated last week? Ta Da! Here they are in all their cupcake glory. These babies were hand decorated and made into CUPCAKE BOUQUETS. Reagan made six of them, and I made six cupcake bouquets.
Six cupcake bouquets = 72 roses = uuugggghhhh
It was so worth it, though, because everyone loved them.


Another project that I did was handmade Valentine's for Reagan's class. I felt like I had to do this, and I had to go overboard with it because last year I completely failed. Last year I was pregnant, I was very sick, I was down 20 pounds, hadn't eaten in about 6 weeks and could barely function. I walked into Reagan's classroom last year on Valentine's day with Reagan, her jacket, probably a sippy cup............... and no Valentine's for the party. I totally forgot. I spaced it. I had been looking forward to this moment, this moment of making something special for her, something for her to share with her friends and be proud of, since her birth 2 years ago, and I forgot. I cried. And I cried even harder when I picked her up and she had a bag of Valentine's from every other kid in the class. Some even with candy attached to it, oh yeah, and none from her. So needless to say, I made them this year, and I made them good. These babies were handmade on my Cricut, each one meticulously cut to the right size, chalked around the edges, and personalized with a matching glitter pen.

And don't forget the big, fat, yummy, sugar cookie attached to the back of each one. If you opened the envelope you would probably find a coordinating patterned paper with a little V-day note stamped on and a 'Love, Reagan'. Phew, I have redeemed myself.

I also made this bow to match the Valentine outfit that I bought Reagan, WHICH I could not find the shirt for the morning of the party. Boy, was I ever mad about that. She wore a pink dress that was cute, yes, but not what I planned. She must have known I needed some sympathy, because she let me french braid her hair. She NEVER lets me do that. And she sat there NICE while I was doing it. She let me take a few good pictures during the party with her adorable french braid and bow that did not exactly match her dress, and then by the time I picked her up she had taken her hair out, the ponytail was nowhere to be found and her teachers had left her bow in her cubby. It was nice while it lasted.