My first thought when I heard "chocolate fountain" and "preschool Valentine Day party" was..."this cannot be good." But the four and five year olds did a pretty good job of keeping the melted chocolate on their plate and not dripping it everywhere. Now, their faces were a different story: chocolate in hair, chocolate in noses, chocolate smeared on cheeks, chocolate in ears and chocolate under fingernails. Zach was actually one of the cleaner ones...the girls seemed to make the biggest messes.

We had "skewered" marshmallows and strawberries, and they could also dip graham cracker sticks. They all thought the chocolate fountain was fun, and all went back for seconds...and some for thirds and fourths!

At Adam's party they played a game where you tossed candy hearts into a bucket. But the best part was that they each got a cookie, chocolate bar and licorice. He said he didn't eat much of his cookie, "only two bites" because he didn't like it. This child also does not like donuts...must have got that trait from Scott.

They both brought home the usual amount of candy. Only one student in Zach's class made a "homemade" valentine, and four in Adam's class. Some were done on the computer and I did see the iPod valentine that was featured in Family Fun this month. Most of the others were superheroes, sports or princess themes.

For dinner tonight, I ordered heart shaped pizza's from Papa John's. Then it's off to Zach's basketball game (Adam had one Tuesday night). Then another round of games tomorrow morning.