Here’s your lol for the day. Golden Girls Valentine’s Day cards. Because nothing says I love you like Bea Arthur. Who are you going to give them to? (Super-Sister has one coming her way).
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| Super-Dad and I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day, but I may need to give him a Sophia Valentine. |
Growing up in Pennsylvania (Even though my Philadelphia suburb is no where near Gobbler’s Knob) I’ve always had a warm spot in my heart for the wacky little “holiday” of Groundhog Day. I even had a stuffed groundhog at one point.
I remember being 14 and going to the movie theater to see “Groundhog Day”. I had no idea what it was about, my sister and I were just bored and the title appealed to me. I LOVED it. It was just the combination of comedy and sci-fi that I loved. Afterward, I remember my sister telling my mother that it was weird. I agreed with her, but to me this wasn’t a dismissive statement. I wanted to talk about it. The critics had loved it, but it hadn’t done so well in the teenage girl demographic. None of my friends had seen it, I had no one to discuss it with.
I found a kindred spirit in Super-Dad, he loved the movie as much as I had. We spent one of our early dates watching the movie and talking about it. How long had Phil repeated that day? Why did it happen? What was the magic moment that changed it for him?
About a month ago we played the movie for Nate. He thought it was great. At ten years old he guessed that Phil had spent “a few years” in his Groundhog Day stasis.
How long do you think Phil repeated that day? He learned french, became a piano virtuoso, planned the perfect crime, tried a bunch of different ways to commit suicide and essentially earned a medical degree. Our best guess is hundreds and hundreds of years.
Happy Groundhog Day!
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| Crappy picture courtesy of my MyTouch 3G |
For Christmas we gave each of our nephews a book. Since the gift lacked a personal touch Nate came up with the idea of making bookmarks for each of them. This project was so simple and the results were so well received that we’ve decided to make them for Valentine’s Day for Nate’s classmates. It solves two problems I hate about kids’ Valentine’s Day Parties: all the cards that you look at once and then have to throw away and the abundance of candy. Using these as a Valentine’s Day greeting will make a card the kids can use again and is a gift that’s not candy.
I was going to get the finished bookmarks laminated at the local office supply store, but ran out of time I came up with the packing tape idea out of desperation, but it works beautifully. Packing tape is way cheaper than getting something laminated or even laminating it on a home machine, and it is the perfect size for a bookmark.
You will need:
There you go, a super easy craft that you can do with your kids. These aren’t just for Valentine’s and Christmas, you could use these as party favors, place markers, or gift tags.
