Valentine's Day '15: The Fun We Had

Whew!  Finally the rest of our Valentine's Day!  It was such a fun day - and since it was like 6 weeks ago, I will do my best to go through what all we did! :)

 

I saw t his online and absolutely loved it - of course, I can't remember the source, but if I figure it out, I will be sure to post...and likely order a print or something.  Would be a fantastic decoration!

After the kids went to bed the night before Valentine's, we set out all kinds of yummy, fun things!  It is always fun to have themed donuts! 

And we set out each kid's goodies from us!  I may have gone slightly overboard.  I keep saying I will do better, but I think I have as much fun finding fun things for them and surprising them as they do getting the items!  And you can never have too many books!

I also got up super early for Tae Bo...which happens to be the last time I did it.  I do plan on fixing that as I am signed up for the early morning class tomorrow.  Sure hope I survive!

And we got to go to a birthday party!  So I hurried home to shower and then the kids got ready and had a quick picture taken before heading to Avery's birthday party!

Baby's first Valentine's Day! :)

It was such a fun party - so fun, in fact, that Katie decided to have her party there!  It is all kinds of inflatables...and I do believe the adults had as much fun as the kids!  We all went down the slides and had a blast racing and jumping around!  Then it was time for the party room....and ELSA showed up! 

After singing, she read a book and I happened to snap this...A MOMENT OF SWEET LOVE BETWEEN THEM!  They love to aggravate each other these days, so catching this moment was rare and lucky :)

Katie with Elsa!  She could not believe she got to see Elsa on Valentine's Day!

And Jack even got in on the Elsa love :)

And so did I! I happen to have known Elsa since 3rd grade :)  I couldn't believe it when I walked into the room!  So fun!

When we got home, Cee Cee came over!  She ate lunch with us and visited and watched most of Lego Movie with us.  Hate that I didn't get any pictures of Cee Cee and the crazies!  Oh well - next time for sure.  Katie wasn't feeling herself, so she was kind of blah that afternoon and just wanted to relax.  It was actually pretty nice!  I even got some Jack snuggles when he got up from his nap!

That night, we decided to make it about the kids - Katie and Brad went on a Daddy Date to Chuy's!  I think he needs to work on the selfies...not too terrible, I guess!

And Jack and I shared some Sonic at home!

When Brad and Katie got home, they brought me chocolate and flowers that Katie picked out -- the way to my heart for sure!  I made a teeny arrangement for my bathroom and then had the bigger one for the kitchen!

It was such a low-key, fun day!  And this is the card that I meant to buy for Brad but didn't get around to it in time....

HA!  Love that.  Actually - we bought each other cards last year, neither of us ever wrote in them (or exchanged them), so we thought we would save them for this year.  And then we both forgot again.  HA!  We typically don't celebrate Valentine's together on the actual day since we don't like to fight the crowds.  We did go on a date night a couple weeks later and that was a blast!

 

 

 

Valentine's Day '15: Decor Edition

Hello, there! Welcome back to my itty bitty spot on the web.  I am back at it again with the playing catch up!  Just when I was ready to go, my laptop stopped working!  A week and half later (and a new motherboard, which thankfully was still under warranty), her we are again!

 

I had planned to do one giant Valentine's post - but the big ones are sometimes overwhelming to me.  And if they are overwhelming for me to tackle, I figured they were probably overwhelming to read!  so I am going to do two posts - décor and the celebrations!

 

So here begins post number one - our décor!  I have this chicken wire board hanging with the kids' artwork (mostly Jack's) and bought that cute heart at Target to hang on it!  I love how it looked on there!

And this was the console table in the kitchen - I did those to "Love" canvases with the boys a couple days before Valentine's Day - and I was thrilled with how they turned out!  It was so fun and it was the perfect decorations!  And those heart lights were so cute on that table too!

In the living room, I had this cute banner hanging on the mantle, a "Love" canvas that Katie did at MDO last year and some fake flowers :)  Those banners certainly are a nice touch!  I can't wait to put my Easter one up!

Here is a close up of the canvas that Katie did :)

And another shot of the mantle - was just the right amount of decoration!

And in the downstairs bathroom, I had this hand towel out - nothing fancy (and could actually work for 4th of July and Christmas, too) but it was a nice touch!

I always have intentions of doing more decorating, but with three kiddos, it gets nuts around here!  I have been meaning to decorate for Easter for the last few days and have yet to do so.  Maybe today is the day!  And I will try to do a better job posting them in a timely manner!  For now, I am going to go chase Ryan around - he is power crawling and attempting to pull up on the little rocking chair! AH!

Valentine's Date Night

On the day before Valentine's (the day of the Valentine's party at school), Brad told me to be ready to go that evening.  Yay! A date night!  His mom came in time for me to take a shower and get ready and then we headed to dinner at my favorite restaurant.  It was so delicious!  We were both starving and actually ordered 2 appetizers (plus their amazing lima bean hummus and bread), so we opted to share an entrée.  It was so good!  And then I got the dessert that was the day's special - I'm pregnant!  I can do that! :)  Needless to say we were both stuffed when we left.  Here we are before heading out!

We had talked about going to a movie after dinner, but there wasn't one that started around the time we finished dinner.  So we sat there and tried to figure out what to do - we had to take full advantage of being child-free!

And where did we end up?  Target, of course!  It seems that is our destination of choice on a date night when we can't decide what to do.  This time we were productive.  We registered for BC3 - there isn't a ton that we need - diapers and wipes probably make up the majority of the list!  And then we do need a new monitor with at least 2 cameras.  Ours is on its last leg for sure.

It's hard to believe that BC3 will be here in less than 3 months.  Eek! We are making great progress in the shuffle throughout the house.  And don't worry - posts to come on all of that.  Hope you all are warm!  Mother Nature must not be happy with us today - it has been sunny, rainy, snowy, and sleeting all within the span of about an hour today.  Crazy weather.

 

Valentine's Day 2014

I'm so glad that Valentine's Day ended up falling on a Friday this year!  That's the only day of the week that we don't have anything we have to do, so it let us really enjoy celebrating!

 

The kids woke up to cards, goodies, and Valentine's donuts from Krispy Kreme - what fun!

 

Katie was so excited about heart shaped donuts and the fact that Daddy got her flowers :)  Jack was more interested in reading his construction book than eating breakfast!

And Katie was sporting her pink and red to celebrate! Such a fun outfit - and the sweater even has heart patches on the elbow!  I also love that she is getting into necklaces.  Well, I love it for now - it could come back to bite me before too long :)

And Jack was sporting his I Dig You bulldozer shirt!  Again, he was more interested in reading bulldozer books than looking at me or my camera!

And my mom and brother came over to celebrate with us - and I attempted a picture of the kids together.  This was as good as we could get!

Jack is fascinated by Will and his wheelchair!  He loves to press buttons and climb up on Will's feet and try to get into his lap!  So sweet!

 And Cee Cee got lots of Jack snuggles when they came over!

And then Cee Cee and Katie did some puppets together!  I got a big kick out of the fact that Katie's puppet had "boobies" :)

Such a fun Valentine's celebration!  And yes - Brad and I actually went out to celebrate the night before Valentine's - whoa!  We usually go out like a month later for a date night and to celebrate.  I just don't like fighting the crowds at restaurants and movies and all that - going a little early or a week or two later works just fine for me.  And we got each other cards and have yet to take time to swap!  OOPS! :) Maybe the next time we have a date night we can swap Valentine's cards.  Another blog post coming on our night out - dinner and an outing to Target!  That seems to be how we roll on date nights!

 

Valentine's 2014: School Edition

In an effort to play catch up, Valentine's Day is next on the agenda :)  The day before Valentine's Day was a school day, so of course the kids had parties and took all the goodies to school. 

 

Jack took the squeezy applesauces to school with a sticker that said "Valentine, you're my main squeeze!" on it.  Thank you Pinterest!!  And then I found little candles at Bath & Body Works and grabbed some of those for the kids' teachers gifts along with a note that said "Thanks for lighting up my life!"...the candles were just the perfect size for a Valentine's goody for the teachers!

And then Katie took a squeeze it (there may have been a couple extras and I may have consumed all of them in about 48 hours while reminiscing of when I was little) in a bag with hugs/kisses and a note that said "some hugs and a squeeze...be my valentine please!" - and then she signed her name on all of them!

And this was Katie's outfit for her Valentine's party at school - I know I am partial, but good gracious she looked so cute! HA!

Love this picture!  I love that angle - her sitting down and looking up at me and the camera!

And then it was party time later in her school day!  And Daddy was able to come too! Katie was SO excited that he was actually able to make!

And here is Katie with one of her best buddies - they have been in the same class every year so far and will go to the same school for kindergarten!!

Such a silly girl!

And on the way to the car, we managed a picture with another buddy of hers!  These girls love to play together after school - and the little brothers are good friends too!  So fun!

She had a great day at school celebrating - and then we got to celebrate at home the next day!  Stay tuned for that post to come!  And have a super weekend!