happy heart day!!

happy valentine's day!!

with little effort, it was super simple to dress the girls today in pink & hearts. 

so, yesterday morning i got the idea to make personalized valentine cards for the girls to pass out at school.  i had seen the idea on facebook, and forgotten about it, but then i remembered again.  i figured that if i was organized and strategic about how i went about it, i could definitely get it all done in one day.

step 1: take photos of the girls before school.

step 2: doctor up the photos a bit on the computer to make them into valentines, then upload them to a 1-hour photo place.

step 3: pick up the prints on the way home from work, and also stop at the grocery store and buy lollipops.

step 4: assemble the cards with candy at home and pack them up for delivery to school on valentine's morning.

so, that was the plan.  only big sister did not want her picture taken that morning.  so instead of argue with her, i decided that she could give the leftover valentines from last year to her classmates.  (plain, jane, storebought cards)

here is the photo i took of little sister, and the doctored-up version.  step 1 & 2 complete.

after work, i picked up the photo prints of little sister (step 3) but almost panicked when i could not find lollipops on the valentines aisle at 2 stores.  most of the shelves were empty and i was regretting waiting until the last minute.  luckily i decided to look on the regular candy aisle and was able to find a bag of dum-dum pops.  (not looking so dumb now, was i??)  crisis avoided.

when i got home, i quickly put together one valentine and showed little sister.  she was super excited and eager to help me assemble the rest.  big sister came over quietly, looked at it, and immediately got sad.  i took one look at her, one look at the clock, let out a sigh, and said "go turn on the computer.  mommy will take your picture and print up your own set of valentines."  thankfully, i had enough dum-dum pops to make both sets.  big sister was very happy that we were able to make her personalized valentines and said she did not  understand this morning the reason why i wanted to take her photo.  maybe next time she will just have to trust me. :-)