valentines day!

so my valentines day was CRAZY! filled with lots of running around, carpooling, class parties, last minute valentine buying, last minute valentines dinner planning... you get the picture;)

noah ended up wanting to hand out conversation hearts, so i did some googling and found this cute game  to go along with them from simply the sweet life magazine! i just printed this cute pic and the directions and stapled it to a ziploc with the candy conversation hearts. i did a ziploc full vs. a box because the boxes didn't seem to have very many candies.

and of course a little chocolate for the teachers... i LOVE chocolate, so i just assume everyone does...

here is noah's 1st grade class party. i am one of three room parents and was in charge of games for this party. here are the KIDS VALENTINE PARTY GAMES i came up with!

a RELAY RACE, which consisted of...

1. The Heart Dart- holding a heart-shaped pillow between their knees while getting themselves to the end and back.

2. Blow Me A Kiss- using a straw the kids blow a balloon (i used hearts, polka dots and kissy lips) to the end and run back (this one was a little harder)

3. Lily-Heart Hop- the kids take two large heart shaped outs (i used red paper from those rolls of paper @ the school), and pretending the floor is untouchable, use them to cross the end mark and run back. they basically place one of the floor, hop onto it, and then move the one the had been standing onto the floor in front of them and continue like so- like leap frog- until they reach the end.

and valentine bingo found here @ confetti sunshine. here are the printables.

and if anyone was wondering what RAOK in honor of my friend's birthday, here it is...

loaded up with hot cocoa from seven eleven (it's good stuff, don't believe me? go try it!) and by my house there is a lot of road work going on...it was snowing...and we handed out the cocoa to the workers! it was awesome!! the kids loved handing it out, and the workers were completely excited!!!!! i want to do this everyday!!!!!!! 

love my hubby. 

love my kids. 

love being kind.

love life.

hope you had a happy valentines day!!