Saturday, February 6, 2010

Fun for Valentines Day

Valentine's Day, February 14th, is a enjoyable day for each young and old! It's a time to think of those we love and celebrate friendship and kindness. It was 1 of my favorite winter holidays when the children were younger as I loved all of the hoopla from the events in college, Scouts and Sunday College. It was a break from the winter doldrums! I beloved going towards the shop to let them each pick out their own Valentine's. Back then "computer printables" had been not within the vocabulary, if you can believe it! We purchased the outdated fashioned boxed cards that you tore apart on the perforated lines. They beloved to pick out their own themes, be in Ninja Turtles, Super Heroes, Care Bears, or Cabbage Patch Kids. Yes, I'm definitely dating myself as I think back on these years! Then we would take boxes and each one would wrap and decorate their personal individual mailboxes! As Valentines started arriving from relatives; into the box they would go till Valentines Time!

In our house, we usually added a component of giving to the day. We would bake and deliver home made cookies to elderly neighbors. We'd collect coins in the huge decorated Valentines Time jug that we had decorated after shortly following Christmas and have fun viewing it grow. On Valentine's Day we would count the coins and decide wherever we would donate the monies. 1 year it was the local volunteer Fire Department as my son believed because the trucks had been red and Santa always visited the town with the firemen every year, they should receive the gift. We made presents for all the grandparents, that are still about these days at Grandma and Grandpa's house!Romantic Gifts for Him We tried to make the kids focus about the ideas of loving and caring as well as the fun of receiving.

More than the decades we have carried out different items to celebrate about the actual day but their all time favorite was the "Sweet Treat" specific. From the time they received up, they could consume their meal in whatsoever order they desired. I put all of the food out on the table from primary course to desserts and they could consume it in whatsoever purchase they wanted! Probably the absolute worst thought ever and I would most likely be scolded by nutritionists and pediatricians alike, but they are all grown now and no worse for the use and it continues to become one of their preferred Valentine's Day memories!

As they got older, my husband and I started to have adult Valentines Time events. Sometimes it was out to dinner with friends then back to our house for dessert. Other times it had been a cocktail party or a desserts and drinks gathering. We would usually cap the night off having a enjoyable online game and I genuinely believe that was the highlight from the party.

I've shared all our own Valentine's Time celebration suggestions including games for this party, as well as suggestions for classroom, Scout or Sunday College Valentine celebrations at our family site rel=nofollow Celebration Suggestions On the internet.com. Enjoy the free printable Be Mine Bingo game there too.

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