Tomorrow is Maggie’s Valentine’s Day party at school. Each year, I try to do something personal for her friends. This year nearly escaped me! We made goody bags for her classmates, and Maggie made cards that say, “You make my world so very colorful, friend.”
Santa brought her a Crayola melt and mold factory for Christmas, and she has spent days peeling, cutting, and melting crayons for her friends. She made red and pink ones for the girls and green and blue for the boys. I glued them on for her, and we added them to the bags. I waited too long to get Valentine themed bags, so we used red ziplock baggies and added candy. They turned out okay, and Maggie is happy with them.
I am not very creative, but I’ll let Maggie figure that out when she is ready. Ha!
One year, We did Valentine pencils with foam hearts on pipe cleaners. The insulated cup and lid was the teacher’s gift.
For Maggie, I found the cutest pillow on Amazon and a neat book for daughters and their mothers to do together. I hope she likes them!
I found a bucket of foam magnets for Samuel. I love that they are not alphabet letters and numbers. He doesn’t have any concept of most words, so I really liked that each magnet is an everyday item, and they will help me work with him on his receptive language. I also got him a sweet little book.
My parents are coming tomorrow for the weekend, and I was told by my better half to be ready at noon on Saturday. That is all I was given. No other clues! I am excited that we will be able to be alone. Granna is babysitting, and I am so grateful! We haven’t been on a date in way too long.
I am really working on seeing the positive in my days, without so much worrying. Today was challenging, and Samuel banged his head pretty hard. He has a goose egg, and it made Scott and me nearly cry. But, we are looking forward to the next few days. He loves his Granna and Grandpa, and Mag is beyond happy.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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