Taylor, Jen, Will and June were in town this week and since ICON was paying for them to stay at the Marriott we took advantage of the hotel pool. It's always a novelty to go swimming during the winter so it was a big hit with the kids.
This year for Valentines Day it was clear to me that Britton and Jenna approach the holiday very differently. After receiving the Valentine class list last week Jenna set about to make individual Valentines for each member of her class based on things that they liked. She painstakingly found a unique picture for every student and then wrote out a To: and From: and Happy Valentines Day by hand on each one.
What was so impressive to me is that she knew something about each student in her class. As she was cutting them out she would say, "Matthew is going to love this because he loves pineapples. Gage loves to skateboard so he is really going to like this. Tess is going to love this because she loves dogs. Brenden has a pet turtle so he is going to love this Valentine with a turtle on it." She put a lot of thought into each one and was pleased with the results. She spent days making sure they were all just right.
The night before Valentines Day Britton looked at me in a panic. "What are we going to do for Valentines, Mom?" I spent approx. 1 min. and 24 sec. on the computer before printing out a simple Valentine on cardstock . He taped suckers on the back and was done with the entire process in no time at all. "Mom, you are a genius! That was so fast!" When it came to decorating his Valentine box he went with a Geography theme because nothing says "Happy Valentines Day" like the planet earth and a map of Utah.
Yeah, he was the only student with a Geography themed Valentine box. . .imagine that.
With Korinne I printed out a simple postcard size Valentine I found on the Internet. It had 4 to a page and was ready to go. It took me less than 1 min. to print it out and cut them with our big cutter. I let her fill them out and then her friend Cara helped her tape suckers to the back. I'm so proud of the fact that I spent less than 3 total minutes doing Valentines and I have 3 kids in school! Boo-yah! (Only a holiday challenged Mom, like myself, would celebrate such a feat.) Adam and I went out to lunch on Valentines Day and called it good. We're festive like that.
The other night I walked into the family room and found this:
I guess maybe Korinne does miss being the baby of the family after all. She sure is a good big sister and absolutely adores baby Jameson.
She still finds plenty of time to be crazy with her BFF.
We were finally able to get copies of Jameson's newborn pics taken in the hospital.
This one shows his birthmom holding him.
6 comments:
the pictures from the hospital are adorable. sounds like valentines day was a success for all 3 kids.
Visitors from China is always exciting! Have you ever bought 99 cent valentine boxes from the store? That is easy, too. I LOVE the pictures of Jameson.
You would be appalled at the work that went into the Valentine's Day festivities at the Salter casa, or frankly any holiday for that matter. ;) Good thing you have low-maintenance kids. (Or at least ones that are willing to do the work by themselves.) Good times!
Valentine's Day: Fun Dip Packets where the kids write the names on the candy. Brilliant! I did absolutely nothing, but buy the kit. (using a coupon of course!) My total investment:$1.50 and zero minutes!
Darling pics of the babe!
I'm impressed with the Valentines. Sounds like Jenna has some of her Aunt Tiffany's genes. Jameson is darling!
Wow Jenna! Cool personalized Valentine's! I love Britton's box. And Jameson. . . SO CUTE!
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