This post was supposed to start with a cute photo of our Valentine's Day cards and cookies, but of course, I was rushing them out the door before I remembered to take a picture. So you'll just have to imagine.
Papa Bear and I have never really been big on Valentine's Day. Apart from wishing each other "Happy V Day" on the day, we don't do much at all. Maybe one year we swapped cards? But really, I think it's just another excuse for lots of businesses to make lots of money, and a day when single people end up feeling bad.
So this year I made a decree (yes I actually told Papa Bear I was making a decree), that from this Valentine's Day forward, our little family would celebrate together, the love between us all. Not just a day for "romantic" love, but a day to celebrate the love we have for our family and friends.
Peachfuzz did some beautiful colouring on white paper using pink and red textas, and I cut heart shapes out of it and stuck them to the front of cards for her grandparents, great-grandparents, aunties and uncles. I then popped her in the sling while we baked heart-shaped ginger cookies for everyone (vegan cookies, ssh, don't tell!). Baking was made more interesting by the fact that I dropped a glass canister full of flour onto the floor by my foot, slicing it open in a number of spots. So we had to take a break to mop up blood and bandage me up, but then we got back to the cookies.
Everyone loved their little homemade gifts, and apparently the cookies even taste good too. I think we might be on to something here.
Papa Bear and I have never really been big on Valentine's Day. Apart from wishing each other "Happy V Day" on the day, we don't do much at all. Maybe one year we swapped cards? But really, I think it's just another excuse for lots of businesses to make lots of money, and a day when single people end up feeling bad.
So this year I made a decree (yes I actually told Papa Bear I was making a decree), that from this Valentine's Day forward, our little family would celebrate together, the love between us all. Not just a day for "romantic" love, but a day to celebrate the love we have for our family and friends.
Peachfuzz did some beautiful colouring on white paper using pink and red textas, and I cut heart shapes out of it and stuck them to the front of cards for her grandparents, great-grandparents, aunties and uncles. I then popped her in the sling while we baked heart-shaped ginger cookies for everyone (vegan cookies, ssh, don't tell!). Baking was made more interesting by the fact that I dropped a glass canister full of flour onto the floor by my foot, slicing it open in a number of spots. So we had to take a break to mop up blood and bandage me up, but then we got back to the cookies.
Everyone loved their little homemade gifts, and apparently the cookies even taste good too. I think we might be on to something here.
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