Holidays are so much more fun and meaningful with a child. I planned some crafts and let Lulu, or helped her, do much of it. Mainly because she is so curious these days and follows so closely on my heels I often trip on her. And also because I want to cultivate that eagerness and creativity. We spent a day gathering plants, another sticking the plant material onto self-adhesive vellum, and threading and cutting out valentines. Those were for the grandparents.
Then we spent a day making handprints for Pat's valentine. Which took quite a few tries and was supposed to make a heart, but Lulu never did get a very good print, as she wouldn't keep her palm open and just wanted to keep squishing the paint inside. Then, finally finished up by putting Pat's valentine together.
All-in-all, she got to paint, cut, glue, gather, write and play with sticky paper. I think she enjoyed all the new activity.
