Three Things + 1 : Lots of Love (and giveaways)

Even though they are now in middle and high school, I still make my girls heart shaped sandwiches and Valentine cookies. When they were younger, it was tough to get a sitter mid-week, so our tradition has always been to stay in and make a special dinner to have once our daughters go to bed. That's getting later and later every year!!
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Since my 11 year old was old enough to glue and glitter we have made handmade Valentine's cards for family and friends. My boys are now 8 and 11 and they look forward to this every year. We will be starting ours this weekend!
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being low budget for a few years now, I always have a homemade card and a homemade cake for my love but now with our first child finally here I'm excited about adding in new traditions for our kids too.

I enjoy making Valentine's to send to my loved ones and just enjoying the romantic holiday with my husband.

My special Valentine's tradition is making my kids (and Hubby) handmade cards every year. This is something that I'm sure they'll appreciate more down the road, so to give them a little something that they appreciate now, I cut their PB&J's with a heart shaped cookie cutter (you can do pancakes like this as well) and they love it!
-Sarah

I usually try to make my DH and my boys Valentines and give them some kind of homemade treats like cookies or brownies.

We do little heart-shaped things leading up to Valentine's Day as we find/can create them. Cupcakes, cookies, pancakes, etc. This year I bought my 6yo DD a little spatula/heart-shaped pancake mold kit (from Michael's) since pancakes & sausage are her favorite meal.
I will light small votives for a "candlelight breakfast" and we'll probably have a "candlelight dinner" that night.
For my adult friends I will send out some cute little cards (that are still in the forming stage in my mind at this point).
HAPPY LOVE DAY!! (I think that's a better term for it) :->

For as long as I can remember, my mother has always given my sister and I sweet little gifts on Valentines Day. We are both in our early 30's and late 20's and it is still something she likes to do. I love it and even when I (in my younger years) bemoaned that Valentine's Day was a "Hallmark holiday" I still and will always love the sentiment. In fact, I think it will be a tradition that I will pass along to my children.

We (me and my 3 kids) make homemade, heart-shaped pizzas. They look forward to it every year. It makes the cutest pictures too, I might add.

We've celebrated Valentine's with a picnic on the living room floor since our first year of marriage. We've added the kids to it and the meal changes from year to year, but hubby is always sure to bring me one of my favorite flowers, tulips.

My kids and I love Valentine's Day. Since they are all still little enough they get a kick out of decorating with little paper hearts that I will write words on that remind you of Sweetharts. When my husband comes home from work that night we all open the little presents we made or got for each other. It's just nice to be together!

I celebrate the fact that I was not born on Valentine's Day but the day after on 15th February. I also celebrate that my parents had the good sense NOT to call me Valerie, as intended, as I was a day late in being born! I also celebrate the day by thanking my late Dad for naming me Sheila.

Last year I made valentines mailboxes for my boys. I made each of them with their own theme and filled them full of goodies. I made some special valentines day cookies and we spent the evening together as a family.

I do not like to celebrate Valentines Day because I love to show that love is an every day thing...BUT the kids and I usually make cookies and cards for Grandma and Grandpa...I'm not a total scrooge :)

Oh my goodness those goodies are amazing! For my ds's class in school, we make heart sugar cookies and then decorate them with valentine's treats. This year we are also helping out low income families in our community and so we'll bring them some valentine's cheer too.

Valentine's Day is my absolute favorite holiday! When we were teenagers my sister and I were grumping around complaining about the lack of boyfriends and when we went to bed that night there was a Valentine from Dad on our pillows saying he loved us more than any old boyfriend could. (I think I need to scrap that!) Before I had kids I would send valentine's to EVERYONE I knew and I also used the occasion to send out "thank yous" to anybody who'd been especially helpful through the year. But now the celebration is even more special because our twins were born on Valentine's Day (I was so happy!). They will be 7 this year. It's just a big love fest all day! XX's

We don't do all that much compared to some of your other readers. Dinner with my husband and my son and cards is about it. My husband's birthday is two days before so that's a bigger deal here.

We like to send out Valentine cards instead of Christmas cards. So that will be started soon. On the big day, I like to make a big breakfast and make some strawberry sauce to go over the pancakes. I like to make a nice dinner for the family too and end with oooeeyy gooooey brownies.

We celebrate by having a spaghetti dinner together...my kids favorite! We always exchange a little trinket, nothing big, just enjoy the time together. Last year, I made my husband a Love Notes book and we have left each other little notes throughout the year.. the book has become a real treasure. I am planning on doing one for each of my girls.

Great giveaways! I love Valentine's Day! I create little love notes for my hubby and have my son make handmade Valentine's to send to the grandparents and for Daddy. Plus I always give my son a goody bag.