Valentine's 2024

We started the Valentine celebrating early this year because it fell on a Friday & the girls were out of school, so Sophie had her class party on Thursday. It's been a tradition at our school to share the love for Valentine's & have the 5th graders participate in a service project, specifically with FastPacs. We organized a food drive for the weeks leading up to the party & thankfully our community provided:

I took the lead on this since I volunteer with FastPacs every week anyway. The kids had their party in the gym & we pulled one class in at a time to help pack the bags. Of course I used Sophie as our example:

After they packed their bags & loaded the truck, they headed to the gym for the rest of their party. They had games, a snack table, a craft table & a flower table where they could make a Valentine with their carnation to give to the person of their choice:

I actually never went in there, so I missed the whole party because I was in the cafeteria helping with FastPacs, but thankfully my friends' shared pictures with me:

They had a cute backdrop for pictures so thankfully before the party was over, we got a group shot with the other room moms:

She was so excited when we got home to go through her Valentine's from her friends. She was super creative & made a vending machine for her friends to deposit their treats:

On Friday, Sophie got invited to a Galentine party with a few of her friends:

I politely reminded Sophie to enjoy all of the Valentine fun while she could because it would be the last year she would celebrate at school! However, Sadie lucked out because KLife held their annual Main Event Mania on Thursday night, so she had a blast hanging out there all night with a bunch of friends from school:

On Friday, her Valentine came over & surprised her with flowers:

They both had gifts for each other & side note, I believe this is the first time she has gotten flowers from a boy that was not her father!

Then they went to Chiller Bee to get fro-yo:

That night, we all stayed home & celebrated Valentine's as a family with a nice steak dinner & movie night. It was actually a busy day so it was kind of nice to have an evening at home just the 4 of us. Sadie & I even made peanut butter chocolate lava cakes that were heart shaped for dessert. Loved celebrating the holiday with our family together!