Valentine's Day and other Baking Essentials

Jacob made origami hearts for his class this year.
I made heart cookies for his class.



Mini cherry pies for my sweethearts at home.






And chocolate dipped strawberries for my co-workers.
As you can see it was a busy weekend at our house.




Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Today was filled with sweet surprises. Jacob won citizen of the week for his class and of course I did not have a camera.

Dad sent all the girls roses this year. How sweet, thanks Dad!

Cookies for the school bake sale.

Cran-Orange Streusel Muffins from Taste of Home magazine. Thanks Debra.


Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake from Cooking Light.

We celebrated our Valentine's Day on Sunday in which I baked all these goodies and we made a fancy meal. Life is good. Hope you all had wonderful day.

Happy Valentine's Day

I took my little valentine to the movies this morning.
We sat by the fountain finishing our snacks after the movie. It was a beautiful day.

In the afternoon, we went ice skating with friends.

My big valentine made us homemade fried shrimp and salmon. He also made steamed chocolate and fruit puddings with chocolate syrup but they got eaten before I could take a picture.

School Valentine's Party

Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that seem to increase in importance when the kids enter school. Making Valentines turned into a writing assignment and delivering them turned into a reading assignment. The classroom party was amazingly calm considering the amount of sugar present. As you can see the kids enjoyed their cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries.