Feeling The Love

REPOST FROM 2010:

I'm a fan of Valentines Day.

I didn't used to be back in middle school when I was a homely, overweight kid with messed up teeth.

Seriously.

If I wasn't so embarassed of myself, I'd show you pictures. But I'm pretty sure I threw all the evidence of my "awkward years" away.

But braces were good to me and I ended up losing my baby fat. Then when I married my Main Squeeze, I was able to really enjoy the day for Lovebirds.

And now that I have a Mini Valentine, I want to pass all my love on to her!

I saw this activity over at The Idea Room and thought it would be a fun art project to do with Josie.

We talked about the colors and then we painted her little hands.

Then we smooshed them down to make a heart shape.

This wasn't nearly as messy as I convinced myself it was going to be!

And they turned out SO cute!

Josie has quite a few special people that she wants to claim as her Valentines so we made a whole batch of them!

Let Me Count The Ways

When I was searching the internet for ideas for Little School I found this great idea for teaching numbers.

Josie loved it so much that I thought I'd pass it along.

All you need is some foam hearts and a marker. I got mine at Walmart for $1.

I just wrote 1-10 on 10 hearts and then did a number line to help Josie get them in the right order.

The hearts ended up being to big to use the number line so I cut it up to make it easier. When she does this activity by herself it will end up being more of a matching game then a sequence game until I make a bigger number line.

She had to match the heart to the square with the same number. This was our first time doing an activity like this and she did great!

It is so cool to watch her learning!

And even cooler to see how proud of herself she is when she finishes!

Breakfast Is For Lovers

I decided that one day is not enough time to celebrate our love. So we're stretching Valentines Day out over the next couple weeks!

We started our celebration with heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes and strawberry yougurt!

The way she gobbled them up, I may be cutting her food into shapes more often!