Love is in the air – and don’t forget it started with God’s love! 

For us, our children know this is a day where we tell those dear to us how much we love them. We also show them love – by making them Valentines! It’s not just about husband/ wife at our house – we make it a family event. Although, it IS good to show your children how special your spouse is to you. This provides them with a Godly example of a marriage.

My parents already got a jumpstart with our kiddos on making Valentines this week. I love how excited our oldest son is about telling people he loves them – he can hardly wait. If possible, let your child(ren) make these in private, so they will be a surprise for others.

Do you have any special ways of showing love to your children/ spouse? I’d like to share a few ideas with you, and would love to hear from you if you have some to share with us!

1) You can make heart shaped pancakes. You can also use a heart shaped cookie cutter to make hearts/ heart outlines in toast. Add strawberries for that splash of red (for love). You can place these on the plate, or chop up finely and mix with some maple syrup.

2) Create Valentine’s with your children to share with one another. You can also have them their own special Valentine by their breakfast plate! *Hint – the more glitter the better.

3) Bake cookies together and add red sprinkles. You can also use heart shaped cutters for this.

4) If you are like us and unable to have a special date night – make dinner at home just as fancy! Pull out the tablecloth, light some candles, dress up, and maybe grill some steaks. You and your child can make special heart shaped placecards for everyone, too.

5) For daughters – why not have Daddy bring them home a single rose. For sons – Mommy could give them a chocolate.

But before you think this is a secular holiday all around – let’s share how to share the Lord! God showed us the greatest gift of love through Jesus Christ. Jesus came to this earth and loved EVERYONE – not just the ones that loved him, or gave him gifts/ cards/ candy/ flowers.

He loved the ones that nailed Him to the cross, He loved the ones that betrayed Him, and He even loved those that beat Him and mocked Him. How amazing is our Father’s love for us! Be sure to share this with your child – how we can only know love because of the love of God.

Now to the freebies!!

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This month, newsletter readers are receiving “The Counting Hearts Game”. This simple heart game teaches/ reviews counting for children ages 2 to 4, and offers suggestions of how to use it for each age.

Subscribers will also receive the G song from our ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs CD, “God Is Love”, 1 John 4:16. As the words to this song teach us, God created everything in this world because He loves us – and now we praise Him because He is love.

Mrs. Candace

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