Valentine's Day 2014

We always have such fun holidays around the Hopkins' house.  On Valentine's Day, Cupid visits and leaves a scavenger hunt for the kids to wake up to.  This year, Cupid was a little sneakier and made the kids use rhyming words to finish the clues.  They ran around the house, giggling and smiling.  It was a beautiful memory in the making.  Here are some of the clues he left behind.

 The first clue led them to Daddy, laying in bed.  Then the run started!

 This was the last card they found with their little bucket of gifts.

 Shoe and Sink.

 Honey and Shirt.

Bed and Oven Mitt.

The other fun thing that I did for the kids and for my sweet husband for Valentine's Day, was I put a heart every day on their door telling them something I love about them.  My friend had the idea and I ran with it.  I made little pink hearts and wrote "You have the best laugh," "Such a beautiful face," "you are a kind and loving friend," etc.  I told my husband how much I love him, how hard he works for our family, and how he is my best friend.  So come February 14th, they each had 14 hearts on their bedroom doors letting them know how special they are to me.

I love my little family and I never want them to forget it!

Happy Valentine's Day Ya'll.

For the menu boards:

You put it in a 11 x 14 or 8 x 10 frame and use a dry erase marker to plan your weekly menu. The one box is for your shopping list.  It saves a lot of money, because you know what you're having and not buying things you don't need.

MENU BOARDS

 FEBRUARY BUTTERFLY

 FEBRUARY HEARTS

 MARCH--ST.PATTY'S DAY

 MARCH--EASTER

 OCTOBER--HALLOWEEN

CHRISTMAS 

 DECEMBER

WINTER 

 SPRING

 SUMMER

 FALL

 KAREN

 HOMETOWN

 ALOHA

 RETRO STARS

 EARTH

 BUSHEL OF APPLES

 FOUND A WORM

 PICNIC TIME

 PURPLE AND BLUE

 JULY

 BIRTHDAY

 VACATION PLANNING

 COUNTRY HOME

A LITTLE BIT OF PARIS

CARRIE BLUE 

CARRIE PINK

Menus

I initially made these menu boards out of necessity, now I make them for fun.  I am a working Mom and there were so many nights that I'd just scrounge to find anything for dinner.  We'd also head to the grocery store and end up buying whatever we thought we might have, then come home and wonder what to eat. 

So I saw a menu board at my friends house, took the idea and ran with it.  Now we set down every week, decide what we want to eat, have a list right there for what we need when we do head to the store and wa-lah!  We've been saving money and had a good, well-balanced meal every night.  Awesome!  I have one for every month and some extras from people who requested individualized menus.  I'll post more as I go along!