Activity: Valentine's Day Cards

Valentine's Day cards can introduce writing as a means for communication and a trip to the mailbox.
A few days ago Isadora and I put together some Valentine's cards to give out to her good friends. She just sent out a few, but it was fun to see that she is starting to see some of her little preschool buddies as "friends."
I have a box of blank notecards with matching envelopes that I got at Target a while back, and she scribbled crayon and oil pastel over the fronts. Before she gave each card a big sweep of glue and glitter, I asked her what she wanted to write on each card. She told me very solemnly that I should write, "I love you." I obediently did this, sounding out each letter as I wrote down the three words (something that she was mildly interested in, although not that much). The next day when they were dry, I showed her how I was finding addresses for her friends and then wrote those on the envelopes while I gave her a rather confusing explanation of why we have to write addresses on envelopes. She stuck the stamps on and then we took a trip to the mailbox where she pushed them into the slot.
The only caveat in this entire experience was that, while writing down her message of "I love you" to all her friends, I forgot to also write Happy Valentine's Day. I can only hope that her little friends realize that her card is for Valentine's Day and not a proclamation of undying love. Although there is something kind of sweet about it. :)