healthy heart

This is the snack that I made for both of the children's Valentine parties.  I was going to make watermelon hearts with orange arrows, but the only watermelons that I could find at the stores were tiny.  So after doing a google search I stumbled upon this idea and knew it would be perfect.  After running back and forth from both schools twice I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon with the kids playing and relaxing at home.  The kids have requested breakfast for dinner and my husband is picking up take out and movie for the two of us.  Hope your day is filled with lots of fun and love too.

spreading the love

There is a little girl in our town who has Leukemia.  I don't know her or her family, but I was asked by a mutual friend to make dinner for them and was happy to do so.  There is a wonderful organization called meal Train.  You can learn more about it here.  It is described as "the act of organizing meal giving around significant life events".  Anyway, in addition to our dinner I thought it would be nice to make a special dessert for them so I put together a little decorate your own cupcake kit.  I put some cupcakes in a pretty red and white polka dot box.  I added a container of frosting and a little plastic box filled with different sprinkles and plastic knives.

On another note, my daughter's kindergarten teacher lost her brother this summer.  For Valentine's day we collected some money to donate to the heart association in his name.  We will be giving it to her on Tuesday with a pair of woolly socks and a quote about how we hope that she will accept the donation "from the bottom of our hearts to the tips of our toes".

 I love that these small gestures are teaching my children about taking care of others and spreading the love this month.