Valentine's Day Pouches

Valentine's Day was a big hit at our house this year because of our new Valentine's Day pouches. I made these adorable pouches from an on-line tutorial I found here. There has been a lot of fighting in the Richardson family lately, probably because of our tight living quarters and the stress of living out of boxes for 7 months. There was very little kindess shown to each other, but I knew it was still there. I also knew that the kids wouldn't say some of the nice things they were thinking about each other out loud.

That's when the idea of the pouches hit me. I encouraged them to write nice things to each other all month and put them in their little pouches. On Valentine's Day, we opened our pouches over breakfast and read the nice notes (and in some cases gifts) that were left for us by our family members. It turned out really well, and the kids can't wait to do it again next year. Score one for mom! Now if I can just figure out how to get them to do this all year long...