One more easy Valentine's Day craft that's especially good for very little kids, since it doesn't require a whole lot in the way of control: a Cherry Blossom Card. The colors are pretty and spring-y, the setup is minimal, and you can make these into anything from small cards for your child's classmates to a larger card for a parent or grandparent.
I’m not a crafting-type mom.
I’d like to be – I aspire to be – but you know those moms who have cabinets filled with things like glitter and pipe cleaners, and enjoy settling down on snowy afternoons to create bedazzled things with their children? They are not me.
But I do like cutting hearts out of construction paper (who doesn’t?), and I very much want to get my son excited about the fact that Valentine’s Day is coming up. It’s a holiday that I have historically not really cared about, but is now – like every other holiday – about ten thousand times more fun, given that I now have a very short roommate who is experiencing it for the third time in his life (and probably the first time with any real clarity).
This recipe is so easy - really just my biscuit recipe plus butter/sugar/cinnamon - and the best part is that it's basic enough that you can put your own twist on it. Try adding Nutella, peanut butter, or nuts (or all three), drizzling icing on top...anything you like really.
OK, so expecting a baby for the second time?
Really different than the first.
It's different in good ways (I'm more chilled out about the whole process, mostly because I keep forgetting that I'm pregnant) and not-so-good ways (I'm sicker and about ten thousand times more exhausted), but the definite, one-hundred-percent most fun difference?
