Happy Heart Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day over here! I heart Valentines day :)

Jer and I went out Sunday night on a date, to a nice restaurant on the plaza and to see the newest Jennifer Aniston movie, 'Just Go For It'. We had a great time. I love love love date nights with my man ;-)

don't mind the drool in the pic below :) I just thought her shirt was cute - it said 'you can call me sweetheart' This is my baby girls first Valentines Day!!! :)

On Monday, Valentines Day, I went up to Isaiah's school for his class Valentine party. It was so much fun. I love going up to his school. All the kids in his class are so cute. There are only 9 of them total, so its a small, cozy class and all the kids are just adorable. Below is my little man, sittin next to the cutest little girl, Leila. I just love her :)

Eatin' :)

Below they are playing a M&M relay race game

Below: getting directions for the next game. They played several games, the room mothers there are fantastic and had some fun stuff for the kiddos to do :) ps. in the pic below, the lady in the red shirt on the left is his teacher, Ms Kim :)

Later that night, the kiddos got a few extra treats from mommy and daddy :)

Hope you all had a fun Valentine's Day!!!

Kiss or Diss

Seven Simple Snowday Survival Steps

Yes, we got hit with the Blizzard of 2011. Or Snowpocolypse (according to facebook). However you want to look at it, we got dumped with about 12" of snow earlier this week. Around us, some people got a little more, some less. We measured about a foot at our house. It was seriously dumping snow about an inch an hour. Yup. We were snowbound. We hibernated at our house for a couple days. Kids were outta school. Thankfully Jer works from home, so he didn't even have to leave the house. My mom called the day we got all the snow, and asked if Jer was working that day (because a lot of people and businesses were closing due to the weather). I told her that he was indeed working. His commute to work is walking down the stairs to the basement, so unless he fell down the stairs, he would still be working :-)


So the kids went to school Monday this week, then proceeded to have Tues, Wed and Thurs off because of the snow. Yes, this was snow day 5, 6, and 7 for our district. So, to all those other going-insane-must-send-kids-back-to-school-before-I-lose-my-mind mommies out there........here are a few of my snowday survival tips....

Tip #1: Throw em' outside. :-) A little fresh air and excersize is good for kids. And while they’re out there, have them shovel the sidewalks. It’s not child labor if you pay them in hot chocolate. ;-)

Tip #2: Bake something. I love those prepackaged cookies, chocolate chip and candy - yum. And so easy, lol. Or if your really brave, you can break out the Easy Bake Oven your daughter got for Christmas that you have been too scared to try until now.

Tip #3: Play 50 games of Trouble.....until your brain won't stop popping and you get callusses on your hand from the popper.

Tip #4: Practice sight words with your kindergartner or writing the alphabet with your preschooler....this will help you remember why you never want to homeschool. :-)

Tip #5: Make hot chocolate so the kids can complain it’s too hot, eat the marshmallows, then leave their still-full cups in a sticky mess on the table.

Tip #6: Snap a ton of pictures and/or take video of the day so you can look back and remember all the fun you had. A wise woman once told me "these are the best days of your life" :-)

Tip #7: Cancel all appointments and plans for the rest of the week because it will take you that long to clean up all the messes the kids will make while home for their snow day.

Have Fun!

(oh, and kids finally go back to school tomorrow!! wooohooo! yes teachers, I am praying for you daily! ) :-)