Hearts 2011

We've already had two snow days this winter, which is rare for a boarding school. During the last storm, Duncan and I decided to make sugar cookies, which is another rarity. I simply don't have the patience for the endless rolling, cutting, and decorating, but we were in the Valentine's Day spirit, and I thought it would be a good project to keep a young boy with ADHD occupied for a good chunk of a day at home. Once I acknowledged that we would, indeed, make a colossal mess, and that Duncan would, indeed, mix up all the frostings and sprinkles to resemble something from a bordello, we had great fun. They don't look like Martha baked them, but they were entertaining and tasty!

Hearts Abound

I have been thinking about Valentine's Day since the day we took down our Christmas tree. I know it's crazy, but it was sort of a rebound effect. A Christmas hangover, so to speak. I just couldn't bear to say good bye to the decorations, the baking, the crafting...I can't pretend I did all that much for Valentine's Day, but I did dream a lot about projects I could make and cookies I could bake. It has kept me going through the various versions of Snowpocalypse 2011. I haven't gotten around to photographing all the hearts around our house yet, but it all started with this. Duncan saw "egg in a hole" in one of his magazines and requested that I make it for him with a heart cookie cutter. Eggs and love. Why not?

Love, Seven

Recycled Love

Valentine's Day flowers from the love of my life:  100% recycled.  

Love is in the Air

Overheard from the kitchen during Duncan's shower:

"Daddy, I LOVE you.  Will you make me a valentine?"