Valentine's 2015!

The Shah family got very festive this Valentine's with a homemade photo booth, Krish's class party, our play group Valentine's party and homemade gifts for loved ones and Daddy!

Love for Dada and Ba!

My sweetheart Valentines!

Krish's Pre-K Class Valentine's Party!

Another Pre-K mom, Ms. Trinh, and I had a wonderful time planning out and setting up Ms. Gio's Pre-K class's Valentine's party this year!  It was complete with a "photo booth" station, paint-your-own Valentine's cookies, a bookworm bookmark craft, and a chocolate fondue dessert station!  The kids had so much fun getting involved with all the activities at their party, and Ms. Trinh and I had so much fun planning it all out!

 

Ms. Gio's Class Rocks! Krish, Harper and Blake with
Ms. Gio in the photo booth!

Krish enjoying the yummy chocolate fondue!

 Painting his paint-a-cookie!

At the Photo Prop Station!

Krish with classmates Harper and Blake!

Krish with twin classmates Finley and Ellie!

Ms. Trinh and I!

Texas TOTS Valentine's Party!

Our play group friends of three years!

Arjun and Anna: Cute, little Valentines!

Rock Star Arjun sporting his new shades from his Valentines!

Date night with my handsome Valentine
 at Sushi Bayashi in Trinity Groves!

Making gifts for loved ones!

Krish and I had a blast getting creative and crafty at home for Valentine's this year!  In addition to the photo booth, we handmade lavender lotion bars for all the ladies in Krish's life: his grandmothers, masis, and teachers!  We also made some for Mommy's friends on our street and put them in their mailboxes.  

It was definitely a fun project!  All the ingredients we used were organic and bought from Whole Foods Market.  We mixed 1/2 cup of shea butter, 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil, 10 drops of lavender essential oil, and 1/4 cup of beeswax in a double boiler and added a few dried lavender buds at the end.  We then poured the hot liquid mixture into our silicone molds (heart-shaped ones for Valentine's) and they cooled and dried within half an hour.  We then popped out our heart-shaped lotion bars and packaged them in little milk cartons we assembled with gift tags!

We also had fun making a special surprise gift for Daddy from an idea we got from the Munshis!  Daddy was so surprised and loved it, so thank you Munshis for sharing your great ideas!

Krish making Daddy's Valentine's gift:
writing 10 things he loves about Daddy!

Thank you to the Munshis for this wonderful homemade gift
idea for Daddy: 30 Things We Love About Daddy!
Daddy sure had fun reading what Krish, Arjun and I
wrote about him!

Finally, we enjoyed some festive Valentine's treats and food this year!

Tanya Masi made a special dessert cheese board!

Mommy made heart-shaped brownies and rice krispies treats
for our two parties.

Mommy made a mini waffle breakfast for Arjun!