Valentine Treats and Decorations..............FUN, FUN!

OK first off my sweet mother always makes tarts when I ask her for her recipe. She'll just end up bringing several dozen to my house for me to give away. I kept telling her that I really wanted to learn how to make them myself. My mother being wonderful like she is says oh you don't need to know how to make them, just let me know how many you want and I will make them for you anytime! She is Wonderful! But I finally convinced her that I really wanted to learn myself and so she taught me how to make these beautiful tarts...............complete with made from scratch pastry shells! They are to die for and worth every calorie! Thanks mom for being so wonderful and for teaching me how to make your famous tarts!

They are Devinne! They are so good sometimes I eat 2 or 3 instead of breakfast and I don't even feel guilty because they are so small. Now once I've had 8 or 10 there is some guilty involved with that, but oh so worth it!

So I made TONS of TARTS! I made plates for the kids teachers and aids. They looked so pretty on the cute sparkly plates I got from Target. Wrapped in cellophane, they turned out beautiful! I am queen of cellophane. Anything looks better wrapped in cellophane! If you ask me. I also made Oreo bon bons for Hunter's bus drivers and my V.T. I also made Justin his own seperate batch and surprised him with it. I usually make them and give thema ll away, which makes Justin upset. So when he asked if I had plans for all of them I said Yes, he wasn't thrilled but I soon made his day and gave him his seperate bag of 30. Need less to say he was very grateful and once again "glad he is lucky enough to have me as his wife." Once again wrapped in a cellophane bag they make a delicious and pretty gift. This is Hunter's room decorated for Feburary! This is one of my traditions I always hang stuff from my kids ceilings for the month of Feburary. I just love doing it and the kids love it as well. Sometimes I get introuble with the neighbor moms because all the neighbor kids love it as well and have asked their moms why they don't have Valentine decorations in their rooms. In the years past I have hung die-cut hearts that I had cut out for an enrichment party, but this year I was in need of a little cheering up and decided to get these cute lanterns from Oriental Trader. Hanging them up did cheer me up and made the kids so happy. When Hunter saw his room he said, "Mom I can just feel how much you love me!" Lanterns from Oriental Trader...........$50 Hunter feeling LOVED..............Priceless This is Kiersten's room all decorated as well. She loved it and said she is glad I do this every year.................so am I. I just love any and every holiday. I love decorating rooms, surprising my kids, making them feel genuinely loved, making treats to give away, giving small gifts to teachers and friends.........................so holidays make me happy for those reasons!