My Funny Valentine

ROCK ON:  It may only be February 8, but we were getting our Valentine's Day on big time this morning. The kids each had to make 50 (!) Valentines for friends.  That's a lot. 

Naturally, we could have gone to the store and bought boxed cards, but why would we do that when we could spend more time and money hand making cards? - ha ha ha.

A few days back, we combed the Internet for D-I-Y Valentine ideas. Annabelle loved one we found that was a little googly-eyed rock with a heart-felt 'you rock!' greeting. That meant we were going to need some rocks. 

Fortunately, we live near multiple rocky beaches. 

Yesterday, before Super Bowl 50, we went down to Smith Cove and found a couple dozen. 

And then this morning, we headed to the kayak launch in Magnolia  and found some other candidates.

They have all now received eyes and mouths. Cheeks will be 'installed' tomorrow.

CJ, on the other hand, chose a cute design that featured a fish bowl. Annabelle and I drew one in Adobe Illustrator. 

We printed out 50 copies and the kids cut them out and stuffed them into globe-shaped treat bags we happened to have in stock. 

CJ grumbled something about us running a Valentine 'sweatshop.' 

Once the cards were cut out and carefully tucked into the bags, it was time to add the goldfish. Then we used silver twist-ties to close the bags' tops. They were pretty darn cute when we were done!