Valentine's Day Fun

Claire has been having a blast with all the excitement around Valentine's Day this year!  She loves crafts of all kinds, but really really enjoys using a glue stick!  She actually does great with it, better than some 5 year olds I've had in kindergarten!  I precut some hearts in different colors and got a bag of foam sparkle hearts for $1 and she went to town making Valentines.  Such a fun way to work on some basic school yet important writing readiness skills.  We sent some to her friends and the others are decorating our kitchen window :) 

The second set of pictures are from a Valentine cookie making playdate with Claire's good friend Chloe.  The did such a great job!  They both were practicing sharing and using there nice manners with each other b/c they had to share the cookie cutters, and rolling pin.  Very cute!  This also allowed them to work on those ever important fine motor skills by rolling, patting, cutting, icing, and decorating the cookies.  What a fun day!