Valentine Making

My mom, sister and I were finally able to hold our Valentine-making session last night. As soon as I walked in my sister's door, my four-year-old nephew wanted me to come to his room - he has huge, beautiful icicles hanging right outside his window which he is very excited about! After helping to put the baby to bed and seeing my sister's latest projects (a small wooden house that she's painting and glittering for next Christmas and a small topiary that she's decorating with Easter eggs), we got down to creating Valentines. We spent several hours crafting a pile of them from all the wonderful goodies we've collected over the years - gorgeous ribbon and stickers, fun paper, doilies and all manner of embellishments. Eli made several Valentines, and I enjoyed helping my nephew craft two Valentines which he proudly presented to his daddy and Eli. While we created, our guys played games, snacked and sat by the fire and talked until they decided they wanted to have a contest and judge our Valentines. We laughed over how "official" they made everything and the awards ceremony they so enthusiastically presented.

Thanks, J., for another sweet memory-making session!