Valentine's Day banner

Emersen loves doing crafts and art, so I thought we should create a Valentine's Day banner to hang on our mantle.  It turned into a family activity as we all began to decorate hearts with markers and glitter.  I think it could have gone on for hours, but we eventually had to stop.  It was a great Sunday afternoon activity though and we all had so much fun! 

 As you can see, Emersen worked very hard on drawing her circles for the hearts that she designed.  I thought the white heart in this picture looked like a face, but she said it was just a "special design"....this is a girl who loves to create things! 

Sending Happy Valentine's Day wishes to you! 

Some Valentine's sweet treats!

It has been very cold lately, so Emersen and I decided that we should bake something sweet...and pink! Emersen's first choice was to make pink chocolate chip cookies.  She is a great help in the kitchen!  

It was hard work stirring the batter once we added the dry ingredients! 

 Emersen wanted to taste the dough (just like her mom), but we had to be patient and wait until the cookies were baked and cool.  Emersen thought it was so cool to turn the dough pink....in her words, "It's magic!"

 Yesterday, we decided to make these yummy pretzel treats to take to Aunt Megan and Uncle Todd's Superbowl party today.  Emersen helped unwrapped all the Hershey kisses and then put an M & M right on top of the melted chocolate.  Happy Valentine's Day!!