NOT FOUND: valentines day memories.jpgIt's Valentine’s Day once again and there are many things leading up to Valentine’s Day you can do to create lasting memories with your family. If you have children get out some construction paper, markers and whatever art supplies you have on hand and spend an evening making Valentine cards. Don’t forget neighbors, special teachers, and other acquaintances that are outside of the classroom. At the public library in the children section there are many books about Valentine’s Day that you can check out and read them together as a family. You can also make Valentine decorations for you house and leave them up for the month as a reminder to love each other.
One major necessity for Valentine’s Day is red food coloring. You can make a special breakfast with pink pancakes and pink milk. You can also make pink sugar cookies with a heart shaped cookie cutter and make pink, red, and white frostings and decorate them for a fun family dessert! Get creative, you can make heart shaped pizza, heart shaped sandwiches, and anything else you or the kids can think of.
If you want to give a gift for Valentines Day and want to stay on a budget just make it simple. Get your kids a puzzle or craft project that they can work on together. Bake something as a family to give to another family, babysit for a couple so that they can go out to dinner or have time together. It doesn’t have to be something big or expensive, it really is the thought that counts.
Let’s not forget about your spouse who gave you all the wonderful children! If you don’t want to get a babysitter or fight crowds just to enjoy a meal together, have a nice dinner at home. Get your kids up early that morning, so they can go to bed early that night. Then make a special dessert for just the two of you and watch your wedding video, or look at your wedding pictures. If you don’t have either of those, watch a romance movie together, or just stay up and talk to each other.
Valentine’s Day is the day to celebrate the love you have for others so let the people in your life know that you love them by doing something special for them this month.