Prepped and Ready

Things have been very busy around here as we are all working hard to be ready for a busy week of Valentine's Day and Oliver's big day. First up is the annual festival of love, which has involved tremendous preparation as both daycare and school are now in the mix. Isabelle has 33 classmates/daycare friends plus 6 teachers to bestow with valentine's this year. Poor girl was getting writer's cramp from slaving way at the kitchen table inscribing them all. She was very good about it, we think especially because she knew her work would be returned in kind on the 14th, with many valentines coming back to her. She was also chosen to bring the sharing snack to school on Valentine's Day (also the 100th day of school celebration), so she chose to bring mini cupcakes, and we don't expect to see any of those come back as leftovers!

Isabelle, hard at work!

Oliver's job was a bit easier than his sister this year, the last year he can get away without having to sign his name or some reasonable facsimile. All he had to do was choose which kid got which type of valentines, and there were a lot to choose from! Toy Story, Cars, Star Wars, Princesses and tattoos made it tough to decide who would get what. Oliver chose wisely and then went on his merry way to play with his cars while Isabelle kept working away. 

Oliver's class is done, complete with Cars juice boxes!

Each kid received a juice box in a bag with some Hershey's kisses and their valentine card. The tags read "A Squeeze and a Kiss from Isabelle & Oliver". It was nice to put these together for the kids and we know the only person who worked harder than Isabelle to make it happen was her Mom, who also created some unique pencil-themed valentines for the teachers that said "You're Write for Me!". All in all, a lot of work but hopefully big smiles to come across many faces that will make it all worth it. No time to rest, though, Oliver's big weekend awaits!

The fruits of many hours of labour