Valentine's Day Fun

Since living in Berlin is the first time I get to be a full-time stay at home mom, I decided I wanted to take advantage of it and really do some fun and educational activities with the kids.  I recently came across an amazing website for Mom's, www.notimeforflashcards.com.  It has great crafts, activities, book recommendations, and loads of other ideas for parents.  Last week I tried their Letter of the Week activities and I have to say it was amazing.  It filled our day with fun crafts and activities, the boys had a blast, and Isaac really learned a lot.  Our days went much smoother having planned activities and I will admit I kind of liked lesson planning at night and getting my materials ready for the next day! ( I loved to play school as a child and now I can put that to use).  The website had lots of great Valentine's Day ideas so I figured I would share some we did with pictures of the boys. 



The first activity we did was making Valentine hearts on coffee filters.  We colored them with markers and then the boys dropped water onto the filters and watched as the colors merged into one. 

We then made a Valentine for Daddy.  Isaac made one for himself also, as he wanted a Simba one and Daddy needed the Mufasa one (We just got The Lion King and Isaac is really into that movie right now)!

We had a fun lunch with heart-shaped cheese and strawberries, pink yogurt, and alphabet soup.

And lastly Isaac and I played musical hearts.  Each heart had a fun activity to do when you landed on it, Isaac's favorite was wiggle like a worm! 

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.  I have to leave you with this last picture, Isaac took it of Gabe and it looks like the cowboy hat has been passed on......

With love,
Janelle