valentines...

I can't believe how quickly time goes by...but this is what we are up to...

valentine making. water color hearts and friendship bracelets {nothing fancy, just a simple braid}

cookie decorating with cousins. and cookie eating with cousins.

i took a photography workshop. it was super fun and super worth it.

got some new leggings from groopdealz. fleece-lined. i love them. i use them for pajamas:) i'm not super confident in leggings in public currently.

valentines breakfast. pancakes and strawberries cut like little hearts. the how-to is here.

fun hair for valentines days. only miss milly's hair is long enough. super easy and very cute {in my opinion}. tutorial here.

my latest read while I wait to pick up a preschooler: parenting--a house united by nicholeen peck.
super awesome so far. very good ideas for family economy structure and discipline.

dinner tonight is a twist on chicken pot pie and chicken and dumplings. but of course, the carrots are shaped as hearts being valentine's and all;) {i had to}

that's us in a nutshell...what are you up to?

valentines day!

so my valentines day was CRAZY! filled with lots of running around, carpooling, class parties, last minute valentine buying, last minute valentines dinner planning... you get the picture;)

noah ended up wanting to hand out conversation hearts, so i did some googling and found this cute game  to go along with them from simply the sweet life magazine! i just printed this cute pic and the directions and stapled it to a ziploc with the candy conversation hearts. i did a ziploc full vs. a box because the boxes didn't seem to have very many candies.

and of course a little chocolate for the teachers... i LOVE chocolate, so i just assume everyone does...

here is noah's 1st grade class party. i am one of three room parents and was in charge of games for this party. here are the KIDS VALENTINE PARTY GAMES i came up with!

a RELAY RACE, which consisted of...

1. The Heart Dart- holding a heart-shaped pillow between their knees while getting themselves to the end and back.

2. Blow Me A Kiss- using a straw the kids blow a balloon (i used hearts, polka dots and kissy lips) to the end and run back (this one was a little harder)

3. Lily-Heart Hop- the kids take two large heart shaped outs (i used red paper from those rolls of paper @ the school), and pretending the floor is untouchable, use them to cross the end mark and run back. they basically place one of the floor, hop onto it, and then move the one the had been standing onto the floor in front of them and continue like so- like leap frog- until they reach the end.

and valentine bingo found here @ confetti sunshine. here are the printables.

and if anyone was wondering what RAOK in honor of my friend's birthday, here it is...

loaded up with hot cocoa from seven eleven (it's good stuff, don't believe me? go try it!) and by my house there is a lot of road work going on...it was snowing...and we handed out the cocoa to the workers! it was awesome!! the kids loved handing it out, and the workers were completely excited!!!!! i want to do this everyday!!!!!!! 

love my hubby. 

love my kids. 

love being kind.

love life.

hope you had a happy valentines day!!

valentines day surprise...

so have you ever sold something on craigslist or the equivalent?! (in utah we use ksl.com classifieds) i absolutely love it! it's a great way to get a good deal, or make a little money instead of just taking stuff to di or goodwill (which is great too:). anywho...sold something this morning... and the guy gave me a flower too! for valentines day! how sweet is that!?!?

this RAOK, aka random act of kindness, reminded me of what we are doing for my gal friend's bday tomorrow! for her gift she asked us to each do some random act of kindness, inspired by this women. it's pretty cool. and there couldn't be a better day to do it then valentines day. 

so go out there and spread the love whoever reads this!! choose to make today a...

happy valentines day!!!

cheater valentines:)

i didn't have very much time to spend on cute, creative valentines this year so i'm glad target helped me out!
Milly's class party is today so this is what she took for her classmates...a little cute play-doh! ( i love candy alternatives, trying to cut back on the sugar consumption if you remember;)

and a little somethin' for those oh-so patient, awesome teachers!

 and i'll post a little later what noah takes for his class!