Valentine's Day

Sophia made a Valentine for a boy at school that is her friend.  Not boyfriend, friend.  They enjoy daydreaming and drawing and playing games using their vivid imaginations.  Neither of them really understands the concept of boyfriends and girlfriends but a few of their classmates teased them about their friendship and encouraged them to be boyfriend/girlfriend.  Luckily I am close with his mother and we both encouraged them to remain friends, and ignore the other kids, which they have done a good job of doing.  However, Sophia made a Valentine's Day card at Brownies and wanted to make hers for him.  Then Tessa wanted to give his little brother something, but definitely NOT a Valentine, so she coloured in a Christmas picture.  I suppose if you want something to definitely NOT be a Valentine, a Christmas card fits that description!  She is very funny because she has had several boys at school tell her they like her and want to be her boyfriend, but she always responds that she will be their friend if they are nice, but she does NOT want a boyfriend!  (Yeah, Tessa!)

Sophia and Tessa are ready to deliver their Valentines.

The card Sophia made...her first Valentine for a boy (besides the ones you give to everybody in class in America-they don't do that here!)

This is the inside of Sophia's card, with a chocolate ladybird attached.

Tessa's Christmas picture, also with a chocolate ladybird!

All the Valentine's Day goodies!  Tutu sent Hello Kitty banks filled with lychee and other fruit jellies, lots of cute clothes, slippers, leg warmers, books, chocolates, yummy pancake mix, all kinds of goodies! 

The girls were super exctied!

They gave me a necklace as a Valentine's Day/early birthday present...it is beautiful and the girls helped to pick it out!

Tessa in her new clothes from Tutu, with Daddy!

Sophia and Tessa in new clothes, me with my necklace, a lovely picture except my skin colour is bizarre!  But I really don't look so weird and all the other pictures we took weren't so good overall, so I will post my weird face picture anyway!

My new necklace; it is a beautiful blue with a diamond in the middle.

The girls tried out some of my chocolate!