A Kindergarten Valentine's Day

Seeing that I'm a Nana to 2 boys, it's sometimes hard to believe I still have a kindergartener.  However, it keeps me young.  This year for Valentines Little Biggs 5 & 6 wanted to do dum dum flowers.  By the time we were finished (Mr. Right, Little Biggs 3 and I) it was 11:30 at night and this is the only picture I took...

The next day Mr. Right and I were in charge of the kindergarten valentine party.  We planned a fun craft where you dab paint around a heart shape on a bag, then remove the heart and it leaves behind the shape.  I was a little nervous about red paint and kindergarteners, but they did a fantastic job

 Here, Little Biggs 6 is playing the stack the conversation hearts game.  Several of these little ones were able to make a 10 heart tower!

 Candy necklaces were a big hit.  We cut colored twizzlers into small pieces and added fruit loops cereal and a pink marshmallow heart.

As the finale, the teacher had a special musical guest come and play the sitar.  Little Biggs 6 was chosen to play the singing bowl.  What a cool experience for the class!

I'm grateful for the opportunity I have for do-overs.  This is my 6th Kindergartener and I'm doing things a little differently this time- It's more about the journey.  Little Biggs 6 is thankfully not too embarrassed (not yet anyway) that were the "older" parents of the class.  We seem to have a little more time to participate in her class activities and I even had one of the kids in the class say I was "cool"!  What better Valentine gift is there than that!  See you next time.

Kelly