Happy Valentine's Day 2008

The girls are back home after having a smashingly good time at their class's Valentine's Day Party. As the official "room parent" my job was to organize a little potluck lunch for all the kids and their families. The kids have been preparing for the past couple weeks doing all sorts of Valentine projects and decorating the room. We covered all the tables with fancy red table cloths to make the room festive. The girls and I even made a red and pink punch using my Grandma N's (Elsa Senior's recipe). Everyone loved it. The rest of the food was fabulous, too. There were finger sandwiches, quiche, asian noodles, heart-shaped watermelon and even homemade flan. Yum.


A girl after my own heart, Elsa skipped the buffet and headed straight for the dessert table. She's my girl with the biggest sweet tooth. Chocolate milk, icecream and cookies. Pure bliss.


Lily shows off her Valentine's Day crown. Could their be anything cuter than a herd of 3 and 4-year olds in festive party hats? I don't think so.


The girls had their first experience with Valentine Cards today as the class did an exchange. Lily and Elsa picked out their own cards. (Elsa=Sponge Bob and Lily=Mickey Mouse) Then, they practiced signing their own names. They made it through about half of their cards before the asked me to take over. After we got home from the party, the girls had so much fun opening all their envelopes from their friends. Can you believe how many of the kids made their own. Will have to remember that for next year. So sweet.

Happy Valentine's to all. Hope you're having a great day.

XO
The Pannings