Happy Valentine's Day 2009

Here are two of my favorite Valentines!! (In case you are wondering what is on Campbell's face it is a Sally tattoo from Cars which she got from her Valentine sack at school and refused to take off.)






With Valentine's day being on a Saturday this year I decided to have three meals with the pink and red theme instead of just one. After the girls went to bed on Friday night I decorated the kitchen table with a cute heart tablecloth and the beautiful tulips my sweet husband and girls sent me. I also went ahead and placed the gifts my parents' left for them on the table as their first gift. My new idea for the year came from my friend Lori who said she decorates the bathroom mirror with vinyl clings. The girls loved it! I may have to add the mirrors in their rooms to the list for next year.


For breakfast we had cinnamon rolls with red frosting and some strawberry yogurt. They also drank out of these cute red light-up heart cups Papa and Nana got them. They were so excited to get a few surprises at breakfast to start the day.




At lunch time I decorated the table with the gifts we got them and served spaghetti. Their favorite gifts of course were their Valentine Webkinz monkeys. After lunch they got to decorate their dessert which were some funfetti cupcakes I made. You can tell from the smiles on their faces they were very pleased.



















I would say we all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! For dinner the girls went to play at some of their friends' home with the babysitter while the parents had a delicious meal prepared by our husbands at our house. (Don't worry the girls had pizza with their friends so we did not break the red/pink meal tradition for the day.) I am hoping the filet, crab with bernaise sauce, and lobster become a new tradition for me. Thanks to my Sweetheart for all his hard work to make me feel special too.

Valentine's Party x2

Well we survived the sugar high of another holiday:-) Luckily for me this time the girls were able to have their parties on different days so it made life a lot easier for me.

Campbell's Valentine's Day Party took place on Thursday morning. Just look at that innocent face. All of the children had fun decorating their cookie with frosting and a variety of sprinkles. It was so funny to watch them lick all the frosting out of the little cups they had it in and to see which children could use all of their sprinkles. They were all very quiet and busy during the decorating process though. Just look at them being so diligent and "on task".
The next activity was to pass out their valentines to each other. I was really glad that I had the foresight to put one in their for Campbell too because she definitely wanted the goodies she brought. Such a funny age! All of the children were so cute walking around placing something in each child's sack. I will never forget the excitement in their eyes and smiles on their faces.








Here is my baby trying to wait patiently to dig into her sack of goodies.






On Friday Campbell and I both went to Kaylee's Valentine's Day Party at her school. Of course, Campbell feels so big walking into Kaylee's class. I had asked Kaylee the day before if she wanted us to come to the party or just skip it since I would have to bring Campbell too. Without missing a beat she said, " Of course I want you to come and bring my sister so I can show her off." That does not happen every day so it was so I was more than happy to oblige.

At Kaylee's Party they first got to have some juice and a cookie one of the Mom's had decorated beautifully. I almost hated to watch them be eaten and I did not even spend time on them. Next all the children competed in a relay in the room. They would run and draw a heart out of the bucket and follow the directions written on it. I think Kaylee had to "moo like a cow". They all got a kick out of watching each other and there were a lot of giggles too. After that they got their Valentine frog buckets and opened up their treats from their friends. Kaylee had so much fun reading and laughing about what each card said.



I would definitely say both parties were a big hit!

Goodbye January...

Where did the rest of January go? We have had a month full of more Birthday parties, a visit from Papa and Nana, a trip to the zoo, and a few ice days.



The New Year started with a trip to the zoo with some friends since the weather has been so nice. Both of my girls love to go to the zoo so it was a real treat to pack a picnic lunch and play with friends.











I just had to include this picture of Abba, Campbell, and Morgan running as hard as they could to go feed the ducks. Priceless...
















I have to include a picture of my two girls who are growing up way too fast. These are the dresses Papa and Nana got them before Christmas.














Here is a picture of Papa and Nana when they came to visit us one weekend and spoil us a little while Cary was hunting. (I was so glad to have my husband back after hunting season, too bad tax season started already and I am about to lose him again.)





Next up for the month was the "100th Day of School" which Kaylee was so excited about. Each student was suppose to come up with an example of "100 things" they collect or draw 100 of something. Of course, Kaylee chose stuffed animals and thought it would be great to take 100 of them to school. Luckily Cary came up with taking a picture of the 100 stuffed animals and taking it to school to show which was much easier.






This picture is from a Birthday Party at the Grace Museum. Campbell loved driving her friend Davis around in the ambulance. Of course she was way too busy to look at the camera.







The last Birthday party of the month was attended by Kaylee. She got to go to a cookie decorating party for her friend Samantha from church. I was not able to go because I was out of town but I definitely wanted to document the great job she did decorating her cookies. I could not believe that she did them! Kaylee may have a future at the local Cookie Bouquet one day.