Family Valentines Day ♥

With our lives being so busy with kids, school & sport runs, work, technology and general household duties I find that sometimes the week has gone by and we haven't really had any true quality time together as a family as regular life and routines take over. 

For those with families, Valentines Day can become a special day where you can call some time out, set aside a few hours with no distractions and just spend time together as a family playing, talking, laughing and just enjoying each others company.

Here are some fun activities to do for a family Valentines Day ♥ (Click on the links to find the How to Guide for each activity)

Marshmallow Heart Necklaces via Cute Food For Kids 

Cute love heart sandwiches, would be sweet to pop in school kids lunchboxes via Cute Food For Kids 

Decorated Heart Cookie Pops via The Tom Kat Studio 

How cute are these! Would be fun to make for little Valentines gifts for friends :) via Spoonful 

These are adorable! Cute Valentines gifts via Spoonful 

Sweet and simple, hand print cards.  Hand prints are always a winner for me because im going to miss those tiny hands when they grow up via Rosy Posy 

I was thinking a picnic for us this Valentines Day though with the super hot weather here in Perth at the moment, I think fish and chips down the beach might be a winner :)

image found here

Happy Valentines Day everyone ♥ 

Kate xx

A Family Valentines

(Post from 7 February 2012)

So Valentine’s Day is coming up soon and for us gone are the days of celebrating Valentine’s Day with an intimate candle lit dinner, flowers, chocolates … hang on, did we ever celebrate Valentine’s that way ??? hahaha  :) Anyway, now with 3 little ones that’s certainly not going to happen anytime soon, so we will be celebrating as a family by way of a nice home meal, some yummy dessert and quality family time in the evening !

So one dessert we will be serving up will be Oreo Pops with a Valentine’s Day spin on them!  Oreo Pops are quite simply one of the most wonderful things on the planet I believe, they are so yummy!  So here is a little recipe and picture of some we made up!  They are quick & easy and lots of fun for the kids to help make  :) (though always watch little fingers around the food processor.)

Valentines Day Oreo Pops

What you need;

Oreo Biscuits 300g

Cream Cheese 150g

Cooking Chocolate / Melts

Food Processor

Lollipop Sticks/ Popsticks/ Straws (we used pink & red retro spotty straws in ours)

Sprinkles, lollies etc to decorate

Step by Step;

Step 1.  Put Oreos into food processer and blend until biscuits become fine crumbs.

Step 2. Cut cream cheese into 6 small pieces and add into the biscuit mix.  Blend until mixture clumps together.

Step 3.   Roll mixture into bite size round balls and place on a lined tray.

Step 4. Place lollipop stick (or similar) into the centre of each ball.

Step 5.  Refrigerate until firm.

Step 6. Once firm – melt chocolate (If you melt enough chocolate in a bowl deep enough to completely cover the  oreo balls during the dipping process, this makes things a lot easier :) )

Step 7. Gently dip oreo ball into chocolate, lift and gently turn to remove excess chocolate (or use a spoon.)

Step 8. Decorate with sprinkles/lollies etc

Step 9. Place back on tray and refrigerate.

Step 10. Eat and Enjoy!

I hope you all enjoy celebrating Valentines Day with your loved ones!

Kate xx