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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Valentine’s Day

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We love Valentine’s Day!  We decided to make Valentines and pass them out at Grandma Jackie’s place again since it was such a big hit last year!  We opted for the less time consuming option of bags of candy instead of baking cookies, but it’s the thought that counts!

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Kaitlyn had her friend Sammy join us again.  The more the merrier!

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It was so popular last year we made even more bags this year!  I think we had close to 70!  The girls did a great job writing sweet sentiments to make each resident feel special.

Em and I always like to get a little gift for the kids.  We usually like to coordinate better, but in true fashion we threw this together at the very last minute and were scrambling a little to get everything!  Great minds think alike, so this was the year of the water bottles.  Everyone got one, and I think Kaitlyn got two, LOL. 

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Sof is all about the emojis, so this bowl from Emmy couldn’t be more perfect!

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Water bottle love!


Valentine’s comes on the same day every year, but not surprisingly it snuck up on me.  Sof was supposed to create a box for her valentines and bring it school.  We had PLENTY of forewarning on this, but I was figuring it out at the last second.  I didn’t get creative and use a cereal box and cute duck tape.  I was that parent buying the premade version at Michaels the night before.  It was cute though, and Sof was thrilled.

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Also, let me tell you about this nonsense.  The whole second grade did a tropical theme for Valentine’s Day.  Excuse me?  Valentine’s IS A THEME!  We do not need a theme on an already themed day!  I already have the perfect Valentine outfit for my kid!  Off to Target I went to try and marry the Valentine and tropical look.  Bananas are close enough and we had a tropical themed necklace and pineapple hair clip.

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Luckily we still had our visit to Grandma’s to use our red and white. 

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The kids got right to work passing out their Valentines and the reactions were precious.  It’s honestly such a silly thing, but for some of these people it means the world to have that few minute human interaction.  This lady actually cried.

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Kaitlyn is so good at this.  She’s a natural at making people feel comfortable and loved. 

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We brought Grandma’s favorite lunch(Olive Garden) and were able to use one of the community rooms to eat.

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  Mom got the kids some little gifts.  Obviously we like to overdo it.

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Emily introduced Grandma Jackie to snapchat filters.

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I’ll just leave you with this…

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You’re welcome.

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