Valentine's Day

As the week comes to an end I am definitely feeling a bit relieved. I work full time Wednesday-Sunday and it can be a very demanding schedule.

I also volunteer at my daughters school on Tuesdays and try to get as much house work done on Mondays while she is at school.

Add the holiday into the mix and this week has been pure chaos. I have been known to be a procrastinator. All through high school I waited until the last day to do all my home work assignments and spent sleepless nights finishing projects.

For Valentines day I wanted to do something that my daughter could help put together. She loves to be involved especially when its gifts for her friends. So we hit up the dollar store last night(hence the procrastination comment LOL) and got all her goodies for her party this morning (lucky girl has a 4 day weekend).

I bought these really cute bags for her to fill

12 bags for a $1

 We got some V-day cards and of course I couldn't just grab the unisex ones. I got Frozen for the girls and Iron Man 3 for the boys.

Loved the pencils and stickers that were included with the cards.

So it didn't hit me until we got home and were putting these together that I realized there are a lot more girls than boys...so some of her friends might be a little mad when they open their valentines tomorrow. LOL

Also to my dismay the Frozen cards were extremely cheap but I had to work with what I had...I didnt tear the borders on the cards because I kept ripping them so I instead just left them as is and stuck the pencils in through the slots.

We filled the baggies with play dough, a sucker, and a chocolate. I tried to avoid putting to much candy in the baggies although I can't get rid of it altogether.

 

It was also a pretty cheap route to go...under $25 bucks for all 31 students in her class. Cant wait to hear how it goes tomorrow.

As we were putting the baggies together I couldn't help but flash back to when I didn't have a daughter and Valentine's day was all about me. What was my boyfriend going to get me and where we would go to dinner. Now as a mommy I can say there is nothing that could make my day more special than the look on my munchkins face when she wakes up to her surprise. We love buying heart shaped balloons and setting up all her surprises throughout the house. It's definitely a lot more fun and memorable when you know that your putting a smile on other people's faces and it no longer is all about you!!