Some moms make homemade Valentines because they want to be cute. Others want to be creative. Some moms want to be crafty. We did homemade Valentines this year because we were trying to be thrifty.

Lately, I have been on an after-school snack kick. When the kids get home from school, they wash their hands, come to the bar and I serve the same snack to everyone at the same time. But this post isn’t as much about what I serve for after-school snack, but rather why I serve after-school snack.

Valentine’s Day is exactly one week a away and I was wondering whatcha you got up your sleeve this year for your kids?

Do you need an idea for a LOVE Family Night? Here are a few quick and easy ideas that have been fun for us:

Chad was out of town for a couple of weekends in January and I couldn’t face rounding up the 4 kids by myself to go do a big service project. Plus I felt like my house was its own service project. So we opted for a different kind of Service Saturday in January.

I am really enjoying my new neighborhood and ward. And perhaps my favorite thing so far is the babysitting co-op they have in place. This idea is genius. And it is thrifty. Here is how our babysitting co-op works: