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I am just a mom: a mom of three kids and one of them is hearing impaired. We are a busy family and I am a very busy mom. I want my hearing impaired daughter, Brooke, to have every advantage so I try to incorporate as many lessons and strategies into our every day life. Most of the teaching I do with Brooke is incorporated into our daily routines and parent-directed play. This blog will include some of our formal lessons but mostly it will be learning to listen in the everyday.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine's Day

We made these cute little Valentine suckers as classroom gifts. They are made from 2 candy canes in the shape of a heart with white chocolate and sprinkles in the middle. We found the idea in the February Family Fun Magazine. We put them in a plastic bag and tied a string with a card around the stick.

We began the day with red heart-shaped pancakes....a few with frosting and sprinkles on them! A great way to start the day! Plus Daddy got each girl a rose for Valentine's morning.


I packed a Valentine's Day lunch with pink yogurt and strawberries, dried cranberries and heart marshmallows, and I Heart You peep, a heart-shaped ham and cheese sandwich, red fruit strip, and cookies. There was strawberry milk to drink!
As tradition, we bake a Kindness Cake each year. The top is covered with hearts that say why we love each other. For example, I love Kate because she lets me play in her room and she shares her toys (from Jake) or I love Brooke because she is nice to me (from Kate) and I love Jake because he is nice and he is a boy (from Brooke). Every member of the family writes one for everyone else in the family. So we each make 4. Then Daddy reads them before we eat the cake.
I love this balloon because our puppy is terrified of it. He barks at it and watches it intently at all times. Someone (Jake I think) put him in his crate and put the balloon right outside! Poor dog stared in fright at the balloon until I came to rescue him!


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