Where is the Love?

Barely time to recover from the holiday season and bang! It’s V-day. Hallmark, candies, chocolate and that class list (for all those BFFs)—but where is the love, we ask?

We say bring back Cupid’s real message of Valentine’s day with some simple acts of love around the home. With a bit of colour (namely red) and some heart-shaped food, you can easily turn a candy holiday into a love day.

So spread the love in your home this year with some of our savvy ideas:

• Slap on the red lipstick (the redder the better) and leave ‘hot lips’ marks on the bathroom mirror. Draw a heart around them (with the same lipstick, don’t use your best) and write ‘I Love You’.


• If you don’t want your kids to think you’re lame—wear red or pink. Might not be your fave but give into this wardrobe challenge one day out of the year. Kids love this stuff!

• Invest in a large heart-shaped cookie cutter and make heart shaped toast or pancakes for breakfast, heart-shaped sandwiches for lunch and heart-shaped cookies, well, for just about anytime.


• Write a little love note for all members of your family and slip it in a pocket or lunch box. Heart stickers and drawings work well for the ‘can’t read yet’ set.


• If the kids are old enough, have a fancy family ‘red and white’ dinner complete with candles. Serve heart-shaped pasta (available at specialty stores) or red pasta with red tomato sauce and sliced strawberries (they look a little like hearts this way) and whipped cream for dessert.


• If the kids are not old enough, get them to bed early and enjoy a romantic dinner with your beloved.


• Whomever you choose to dine with, for dessert we recommend the perfect easy-to-make-you-look-like-a-superstar Lava Cake baking mix from Dr. Oetker. It’s the perfect dose of chocolate to end the day.

Moms know it’s love that makes the world go ‘round. So show them the love this V-day. You just might get some back.

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