Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day we made chocolate chip cookies and the kids had fun decorating them!

Valentine's Advent - Day #4

Day #4 we made marshmallow pops!  Similar to the cake pops I made for Anjali's 4th b'day but waaayyy easier.  Still love the cake pops but these were fun for a quick treat!  We stuck the marshmallows on lollipop sticks...

Then we dipped them in melted chocolate and decorated them with sprinkles. 

Easy, fun and yummy!!!



Valentine's Advent - Day #3

We are teaching our kids about saving/giving/spending their money.  They have certain chores they are required to do simply because they are part of our family and some chores they can choose to do to earn a small amount of money.  So on day three we took them to the bank and put the money from their piggy banks that they had saved into a coin counter.  They loved this!  They got to put all of their coins in the counter and take the receipt to the teller to get the "big" money.  Then we took them to the store and got the toy they had been saving up for.  They loved paying at the register with their own money!  Anjali has had her eye on a horse for several months and she finally got it :)

Jaiden played with a Geo Trax train at someone's house recently and loved it so he has been saving his money for one for several months.  He was thrilled to finally have one!! 

Valentine's Advent - Day #2

Day #2 we made stickers!  We printed out our heart stickers on card stock...

Painted the back of the sheets with jello (2 Tbs boiling water mixed with 1 Tbs jello - let cool down a bit and then paint)...

Jaiden always has fun making a mess ;)

Rayna stayed busy painting with water.  Anjali and Jaiden said she painted a horse!

We let the paint dry for a couple hours and then cut out the hearts...

Now you can lick 'em and stick 'em!  They had a blast sticking them to different papers that they colored!

Valentine's Advent - Day #1

This year for Valentine's I decided to do an advent for the kids.  They decorated 5 envelopes and we hung them...one for each day of 5 days leading up to Valentine's day.  Each envelope contains a love note for each child and a note explaining a fun thing we are going to do that day.

Day #1 was to make homemade Valentine's cards for daddy and Mica & Poppy.  We printed an alligator design and they colored them...



...and cut out all the pieces.

We glued them together and filled them with chocolate candy!

Cowboy Roundup

Last night we went to a Cowboy Roundup!  It was at Storybook Farms and it was so much fun for the kids!  When we arrived they had some cowboy "grub" for us to eat...grilled chicken, potatoes and salad. 

We walked around and looked at all the animals and then they had a puppet show for the kids.  That was Jaiden's favorite part!

 They got to paint a horse shoe.

 Outside they had a bonfire and a hayride...the hayride was Anjali's favorite part of the night!

Daddy/ Daughter Dance

Anjali and Daniel went to the Daddy/Daughter Dance for the 2nd year in a row.  Anjali adores her daddy.  She always wants to sit by him when we eat and makes sure to know where he is sitting. She gets a little giddy when she finds out he is on his way home from work.  When she sees him drive up she runs to the door yelling "Daaadddyyy!!".

Can you tell she was excited?!  She just couldn't get out the door fast enough!

She looked so beautiful and I know she felt like a little princess.  As I watched them drive away I got a little teary...my little girl is growing up too fast.  I'm so thankful to have a hubby that is an amazing daddy.  He treats our girls like princesses and they think the world of him!!

When they got back home Anjali said her favorite part was doing the Chicken dance with daddy :)