We have celebrated Valentine’s Day as a family ever since we had our first child. Each year I have fun planning the day, sometimes cooking a big meal sometimes going to a restaurant. Six years ago was one Valentine’s Meal I will never forget because of the breadsticks. I had decided to make heart-shaped breadsticks… [continue reading]
Valentine’s Day Heart Shaped Dinner Rolls
I made these heart-shaped dinner rolls for our Valentine Dinner last year. I thought they were really cute and super easy by making the dough in the bread maker. Ingredients: 1 cup water 1 cup milk 2 eggs 2 tbsp. olive oil 6 cups bread flour 2 tsp. sugar 1 tbsp. salt 4 1/2 teaspoons… [continue reading]
Valentine’s Day Meals: 5 Course Family Dinner
Valentine’s Day 2011 (Our Family Celebration) Breakfast: Krispy Kreme heart shaped donuts. Does it get any better than this? Lunch: It was Faith’s idea to have a Pink, Purple, and Red meal. This meal was only mildly successful. I had a really hard time finding purple food. The only things I could think of were… [continue reading]
How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.
In honor of Valentine’s day I’d like to share a few things that I appreciate about my husband. This list is not exhaustive or in any particular order. 1. When I crawl into bed after he’s already asleep, he says, “You awesome woman,” or some such variation -almost every time! 2. He likes to take… [continue reading]
Valentine Jigglers, Chocolate Covered Strawberries and More
Continuing my Family Countdown to Valentine’s Day: February 10th Daddy made Strawberry shakes for everyone. February 11th I made Valentine Jello Jigglers! I hadn’t ever made them before. The kid in me had a blast following this online recipe. We enjoyed this for a Valentine snack. February 12 I made chocolate dipped strawberries–yum! Today February… [continue reading]
Make Your Own Heart Shaped Pizza and other Valentine Activities
I have been doing a countdown to Valentine’s Day with one activity or treat each day since February first. Here is the beginning. February 6th I hid “hugs” in the kids’ rooms for them to find during their quiet time. February 7th we played a review game with their Classical Conversation grammar facts with M&Ms… [continue reading]
Valentine Sandwiches and Bread Pudding
This is what I made the kids for lunch February 4th. All of you health nuts–look away. I called the kids to come eat. The looks on their faces and the excited chatter did wonderful things for this mama’s heart! I simply used a cookie cutter to make the heart shapes from slices of homemade… [continue reading]
Decorate Your Own Valentine Cookie
For our February 3rd activity we made heart shaped Valentine cookies. I’ve been using an easy No-Chill cutout Sugar Cookie recipe for several years. When I’m ready to make cookies, I’m ready to make cookies. I hate to have to wait for the dough to sit in the fridge. This time I let each one… [continue reading]
Valentine (Pink) Sticky Buns
We are doing a Valentine themed activity every day until Valentine’s day. February 1st we put up and decorated our Valentine tree. February 2nd I made an easy bread machine sticky bun recipe, added 6 drops of red food coloring and enjoyed Valentine sticky buns–Yum! They were the color of cotton candy. I looked for… [continue reading]
Valentine Tree 2011
Yep that’s right. We put up a Valentine tree. This tradition began in 2006. We had just moved to the DFW area November 1st–just in time to not be prepared for the holidays. The first two months we lived here we were either traveling or had overnight guests every weekend except two! It was busy,… [continue reading]