Valentine's Day

A few years ago, my friend Kim made square bears for her kids to welcome Spring. I have been wanting to make some for the boys, but haven't had the time. I decided to make them some for Valentine's day. Leaf tells us on a daily basis (and repeatedly) that his favorite color is redblue (except he says "redbue"). Everest loves cheetahs. I was planning on making something for Aurora, but ran out of time. I know I do not have much longer before she realizes she didn't get one. I have a little more sewing to do.

We had heart shaped pancakes. Nathan had breakfast with us before he went into work.

Our breakfast. Happy Valentine's Day!

Nathan cut Everest's hair while I made breakfast. Everest just wanted it short enough to spike.

Leaf did not want to be left out, and although he did not want to sit still to get his hair cut. He wanted it spiked like Everest's. Nathan worked a little magic and TADA....Leaf has "spiked" hair too.

My Valentine!

Onto dinner. I got heart shaped ice cube tray a while ago. I filled them with cranberry juice and bought fun glasses for the boys.

We had heart shaped pizzas for dinner.

Leaf enjoyed his pizza. The picture of Everest will not load for some reason. He at a pizza himself (not only his individual pizza, but a pan pizza too!).We didn't have any left overs, but it was not due to Nathan this time!

Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day too.

Getting ready for Valentine's Day!

The other day Everest said "Mama, look what I can do." He is a tongue roller! He was impressed and a bit surprised that I could do it too.

Leaf's Valentine's Day shirt. He picked the picture (I gave him a few choices) and the material. And yes, his cheek is bruised. I think he is growing. The last two weeks he has been very clumsy. He bumped his head hard three different times while at the pediatricians the other day. As a toddler, Everest got really clumsy before he had a growth spurt. Maybe my little linebacker will get a little height soon.

Everest's Valentine's day shirt. Of course it is Purdue and he has worn it almost everyday since I made it. Before he goes to bed, he reminds us to wash it, so he can wear it in the morning.

Everest wanted to make lady bug Valentine's this year. He had to make 28. We started almost 2 weeks early, but he got them all finished.

Writing his name took longer than anything else. He kept saying he wanted to sign Leaf's name instead because there were not as many letters. I love how kids this age are still looking at the world "outside the box".

We made an ice sun catcher. Very appropriate for weather that is in the negative numbers for a week. It went from freezing to 40's in a matter of hours. We left the house and the sun catcher was dripping just a little. We got home and hour and a half later and it was completely gone.

Valentine's Day

We hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day. We spent the day at home relaxing. It was nice. Saturday we spent the entire day in Indianapolis at the Children's Museum. I will post about it this week.
I made heart sandwiches for lunch for Nathan and Everest. Teresa got Everest a child size sandwich maker for Christmas, and luckily it has a heart shape cut out.


Leaf was too hungry, tired and cranky to get a heart shaped sandwich. He was not being very patient, so he got a regular shaped sunbutter sandwich. He didn't seem to mind at all.

Thanks for checking in on us.

Valentines

Everest is having his first Valentine's Day celebration at school! We had to make 22 Valentines with his name on them. As you may know, we do not do candy. As an alternative we decided to melt crayons. Everest, Leaf and I peeled the paper off a whole box of crayons, broke them, and Everest arranged them the way he wanted on the baking sheet.



We baked them at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes (I never time things, I am more of a check it and see kind of a person). They turned out awesome. I was surprised at how quickly they cooled and how EASILY they came out of the pan.
I drew hearts on construction paper and wrote Everest's name in highlighter. He had to trace his name and put stickers on the hearts. I had nice Valentine stickers, but he chose trains, and construction. I cut out the hearts and wrote "Have a colorful day." (I was a little nervous some kids might try to eat them, they look a little like colored chocolate).
22 bags ready to go for tomorrows big party. I am volunteering. Ana (Everest's teacher), asked me if I was good at face painting. Before I could answer, she said "of course you are". So I am the official face painter tomorrow. That's what happens when you are a room mom. I love it. It is fun to be with a classroom full of kids again. Especially when it is not my classroom, and I do not have planning or paperwork. I just get to come in once a week, observe and work with the kids one on one. I love this job.Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend.