I love to leave little love notes for my husband and daughter. It’s fun to leave notes just because, but for Valentine’s Day (and other holidays), I love to leave notes all over the place. Imagine my surprise last year when hubby left little cards all over the place for me. Once again, this year I decided to leave little notes and goodies all over the place. I was pleasantly surprised when I was informed that I wasn’t allowed to go back downstairs after I came up to bed Tuesday evening. Hmm…. Well, that lead to having to be a…
Month: February 2007
Do you love cheesecake, but don’t want to take the time to prepare a cheesecake? Here’s a quick easy alternative that is a big favorite at get-to-gethers (and with my family). Easy, No-Bake Cheesecake Ingredients: 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened1/3 cup sugar1/2 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed1 Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.) or Shortbread crustStrawberry, Blueberry, or Cherry Topping (optional) Preparation: 1. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.2. Gently stir in 2 cups of the whipped topping.3. Spoon into crust.4. Refridgerate 3 hours…
Valentine’s Party
Posted in Holidays, and Homeschooling
Thankfully, the bad weather held off long enough for us to have the Valentine’s Party today. Munchkin was soooo excited. We spent the morning working on schoolwork and Valentine’s activities. I’ll post pictures tomorrow of some of our activities… After lunch, we headed over to the party. Here’s the cake that we ended up taking. Nothing special, but I think it turned out nicely. They had a great Valentine card exchange. Here’s a picture with all of her Valentine’s from the party. She’s holding the pink teddy bear that she won. The other teddy bear she received in the mail…
This week’s tackle it has everything to do with Valentine’s Day. I have lots of prep to do in order to get ready for the big day. I love going all out for Valentine’s Day for the family. Here are some things that I will be tackling today: 1. Finish personalized Valentine’s for hubby and daughter 2. Make jello jiggler hearts 3. Make White Chocolate Cheesecake with strawberries 4. Write up some love notes. 5. Prepare goody bag for daughter 6. Make heart shaped blueberry muffins 7. Getting decorations ready — add more after munchkin heads to bed Update on…
Bad Weather or Valentine’s Party
Posted in Family, Homeschooling, and Thoughts
Tomorrow is the homeschool Valentine’s party. As you know, munchkin has worked hard making over 65 Valentine’s cards, and she’s really looking forward to the party. They have sooo much fun. They make bags for their Valentine’s and then head around the room dropping Valentine’s into each bag. They play Valentine’s bingo for cute stuffed animals. They have a book exchange. This year, a local pizza parlor is donating pizzas and drinks to go along with the normal goodies that everyone brings in to share. They usually play a few other games and just have fun goofing around. Well, here’s…