Feel the Love

Shew, let's just say it's a good thing we started on the whole valentines day thing early!!  We've had a busy week celebrating!  We started by making Valentine Heart shirts.  I think they would have been cuter on white shirts, but beggars can't be choosers. 

 

Then, while we were letting our shirts dry, we decided to do an impromptu photo session.  Which turned out to be a hilariously good time! 

Claire was ALL ABOUT IT, but Livie was pretty busy making her Valentines.

 

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!

Seriously, I don't think there is one picture where at least one kid isn't laughing hysterically!

 

 

We made these pictures of Claire into her Valentines at Walmart!  It was easy and relatively cheap.  We then made heart crayons and attached them.  Can you see them in the picture below?

As you can see, this week has been right up Claire's Alley... Tuesday she got to go to Preschool in red, pink & hearts. 

Then on Thursday it was "Fancy Day" which was inspired by Claire and her friend Spencer who often wears a suit to preschool!!

 

 

Definitely the most stressful part of Valentines was making another child's Valentine Box!  Each child did another child's box.  It was a very sweet idea, but oh my!  If you mess up your kids it's one thing, but another kids... YIKES!!  

We found a fabulous idea on Pinterest, a hot air balloon!!  It was easy, cheap and we thought super cute!

We were also in charge of this little lady's Valentine Party on Friday.

We made play-doughh, cut the dough into hearts, put eyes on them, and individually packaged them.

Play-dough and a book is a great way to get kiddos calmed down after an exciting party and lots of candy.

 

Kool Aide Play Dough is our favorite...

 

Boil 1 Cup of Water

Mix in 1 Package of Kool Aide*

1/4 cup of Salt

1 Tablespoon of Oil

1 1/2 cups of Flour

 

Voila Terrific Smelling Play Dough

 

Cade kind of helped!

 

The party was a good time.  I wore Cade in my Moby, and Mom of the Year Here, got chocolate on his head!!  Sorry Buddy, but I love me some Chocolate Covered Strawberries!! :)

 

That night we went to the Circus!  Can you say Busy Week!!??

The girls' favorite, the Quick Change Girl.  Cade's favorite the band and Ribbon Girls.

His eyes were pretty big most of the night, but he finally gave in after intermission.

Happy Valentines!!

Oh wait it isn't even Valentines yet...

Make It Monday.... 4th of July

We had a lot of fun making red,  white, and blue projects today.

1st we made red jello.

Then we made daddy breakfast casseroles... not part of our red, white, and blue projects. :)

Next, we made firework shirts... we combined a few ideas from Pinterest.  We found $3 shirts at Walmart, some cute star material, and blue and red puff paint.  We were going to use pipe cleaners, but discovered bendy straws work better for the fireworks and are less messy!

I put a piece of cardboard under the front of their shirts, and tied two bendy straws together with a ponytail holder which made them easier to use.

We did 1 color and let it dry before doing the next color.

While waiting on our first color to dry we made firework rings from this site...

Fantastic Fun and Learning.

click on it to see their directions... we didn't need to modify at all

 

 

TaDa  They are cuter in person, and the girls Love them!

Then we went back to our shirts to add our second color.

 

While waiting for them to dry, we made blue jello to pour on top of our red.

 

Our finished projects!!  I tied a bow on the shoulders and can't wait for them to dry.  The girls are so proud of their creations.  We stuck a flag in our red and blue jello, and made red star ice cubes for our blue Gatorade.  We are Very patriotic!!

 

Are you ready for Independence Day?



Scavenger Hunt

I have 3 more ideas for you... I did them around Easter, but they could be done ANYTIME!

#1:  Scavenger Hunts
Quick, Easy, Fun

I made clues for Livie and Claire for different places in our house.
 

 

 

 

They had a ball reading the clues and figuring out which direction to run.
BONUS:  Livie gained some extra reading practice.
 

 

We have done a couple, but at the end of this one was a new Easter Book!
It made the new book way more exciting!!
 

#2
Love Notes to your Children or Anyone Really
I wrote notes to my girls of things I love and appreciate about them,


and folded and put each note in its own egg.


Then, hid 1 a day in their rooms for them to find each evening.
I loved watching them read and reading their notes to them.


#3
This idea is from a wonderful family friend and grandma.  Thanks Nan and Chancey for Sharing!!
Fill your Easter eggs with tasks!
Example:  Give a sibbling a HUG!
Collect a Quarter from Nan!
Tell someone what Grandpa's name is!

I thought this was a precious Idea that I will definitely be stealing next Year!!