Happy Valentine's Day

This week Josie was very excited to make our annual Valentine's Day sugar cookies. Last year Julie was the resident cookie maker in the house but this year it was just Josie, Benjamin and I with a lot of sugar, flour and butter...yum!!

Josie decided to deliver a bunch of the cookies to different neighbors and a few people who come in every week for Marty's podcast. When she handed each person the cookie she would say, "here are some cookies for Valentine's Day. There are X's and O's which are for hugs and kisses and a few big hearts and small hearts just because they are hearts" She had fun making them and we've all had fun eating them.

The kids sitting patiently waiting for a cookie... but of course when I say "smile" this is what they do.

Such concentration as she cuts out each cookie


Before they are baked

And after

The beater licking is always the big hit

Josie and Benjamin loved getting greeting cards and gift cards from Oma and Opa and Grandma and Papa. Thank you!!!

In the days leading up to Valentine's day Josie took a ton of time to make each of her preschool friends a special card. She pasted heart shaped doilies, she drew pictures of the friend and sometimes their younger or older sibling and wrote each person's name on their card and signed it "love, Josie" At school she had a ball delivering each person's card and of course loved bringing home her own "mailbox" full of cards from her friends.

The following day her preschool went on a field trip to the post office to buy a stamp and mail a special letter that she wrote as well as to learn all about what goes on there.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone :)