Be My Valentine

This year we decided to do Valentine’s a little different. It’s Daniel’s first year in school, so he really didn’t know he NEEDED Spiderman Valentines from Target and lots and lots of chocolate, so I thought it’d be fun to help him have the most creative and fun Valentines in the class. After decorating his box, we began the task of creating swirly Valentine’s crayons.

First we went to Target and found a Valentine’s muffin tin. Then we soaked the wrappers off all our old, broken crayons and broke them up and put them in the muffin tin, which we had sprayed with nonstick coating.

 

We then melted the crayons for about 5 minutes in a 250 degree oven. Once they were cool, we dumped them out on wax paper to continue hardening.

I then printed up a message, “You Color My World” on the computer which Daniel glued to construction paper and added the names of his classmates and then attached each unique, swirly crayon to it with double-sided foam tape. Voila! Adorable, homemade Valentines!

Not Me!!!

I know everyone thinks I have three children, but in actuality there is a fourth, unseen, little gnome that lives around here. I’ve never actually seen him, but I know he exists. His name is Notme. Sometimes I feel Notme’s presence behind me and I think if turn around really fast I’ll see his shadow fleeing down the hallway. I also have a sneaking suspicion that Notme lives in other homes as well.

How do I know for certain Notme exists?

Q: “Who left the empty milk jug in the fridge?”

A: “Notme!”

Q: “Who was the last one to go to the bathroom without replacing the toilet paper!?”

A: “Notme!”

Q: “There was an entire package of Oreos this morning and now only 3 left. Who ate them all?”

A: “Notme!”

Q: “Who wants to help me with dinner?”

A: “Notme!”

Notme also has two brothers that show up from time to time. Their names are Idon’tknow and What!?

I do have another sneaking suspicion though that Notme, Idon’tknow and What look something like this:

Let me know if you’ve seen them!