My Valentines

I had a fun time planning some little Valentine treats for Leah, Max and Noah.  Each night while they were sleeping, I taped a heart to their door.  Leah had fun counting her hearts each morning.  The boys, eh.  Maybe next year :)

Leah is having a Valentine Party at school today.  I signed up for cupcakes.  I could have cheated and bought them at Kroger, but that takes the fun away.  I had hoped Leah and I would make them together, but she was more interested in something else (I think she was dancing?)  So Pat helped me out at the end with the 'assembly' part.  I knew the kids would be getting tons of stuff at their party, so I thought I would make the cupcakes easily transportable if the kids wanted to take them home (ok - I'm a math geek, so I'm not even sure if that is a proper phrase - oh well)

Yet another idea I saw on Pinterest

 

Leah did help out with one part (and daddy did, too)

And since I was making cupcakes, I thought I would make some extras for Max to take to Suzy's house for all the little ones.  Max made Suzy the cutest little Valentine - and I forgot to take a picture - darn!  But she loved it!

And since I had the mixer out and all the baking ingredients, why not make a cake?

Leah, Max and Noah woke up to some Valentine goodies.

Pat treats his girls well with some flowers :)

My bunch

Leah's

Noah and I had a date day - to the ENT - where we learned that Noah will be getting tubes in his ears in about two weeks.  But I think the 'pink stuff' is starting to kick in this afternoon and Noah seems to be a happy little guy again.

Waiting room at Children's

Yay for the pink stuff!

Hope you had a great Valentine's Day!

Snapshot Sunday

It was a great week!

Making some Valentine 'goodies'

My current favorite picture!

Leah wanted to 'dress up' for school

First time eating at Chick Fil A!

Back to the doctor for Max - has not had a meal in nearly two weeks.  Doctor thinks he stomach lining is irritated from a steroid he was on two weeks ago - so he is now taking Zantac to heal the lining.  Hopefully he will be eating better soon!  And the doctor thinks he has 'other' allergies, so Max will now take Zyrtec daily.

Slumber Party!  These two were a hoot to listen to for about 30 minutes!  Lots of laughing, running, jumping, flashlight war and more giggling!

And they were finally worn out!

Leah and her best friend Austin (and Austin's sister Emma).  Leah was invited to Austin's home to make Valentines for school

Max, what is on your mouth?

Let me see!

Oreos!  Max will not eat a meal, yet if you give him an Oreo, he gobbles it up!

Leah spent the morning finishing up her Valentines for school

It's a moustache!

Another picture of Noah in his high chair

This boy just loves to eat

Ate mostly table food this weekend....very little interest in the mushy stuff!

This is Noah waving his arms in excitement as he eats!

Heart-Mini

Me and my dad on my wedding day in 2006.

My school district, Fairfield City Schools, has created a team for the Heart Mini Marathon in March.  Pat is running in the 15K and I am walking in the 5K.  Cardiovascular disease and stroke has personally affected me.  My Grandpa Lindsey died at age 66 from a series of strokes.  My dad began having heart issues at age 48, including heart attack, stent procedures and by-pass surgery.  Please click here to read about the Heart Mini Marathon and consider donating to this very worthy cause!

Snapshot Sunday

Enjoy!

Pat took Max to the barber shop....Before

After - I about died when I saw Max and his entire forehead

But I found a solution - hair gel!

The Naylor Pharmacy - everyone but Pat has been on something.  You can barely see my checklist on the window to mark off each dose for each child!

New Glow-in-the-Dark jammies...thanks Memaw!

Something was funny!

These two just adore each other

Movie Night...Max insisted he share his sleeping bag with daddy.  It was a tight fit!

Noah is now using a straw cup!

Pancakes...yum!  Noah is eating more table food each day!

Noah has figured out that the top tray is removable....

Going....

Going....

Gone!

Pinterest Project

I have 'pinned' so many recipes, projects and ideas on Pinterest, but rarely ever follow through.  But this project was definitely do-able, and it made complete sense to me....the hallway closet.

All of our crap that was in the closet

Our closet in our front hall has always been too full and not very functional.  Part of the problem was just that it needed to be cleaned out - several coats have now been packed up for Goodwill.  But we also store other items in our closet - like the vacuum, a bin of games, a bin of arts and crafts and a bin of hats/gloves/scarves/blankets/junk.

Pat even painted the closet!

When I saw this idea on Pinterest, I thought it was a perfect solution!  Most of the time when we get home in the winter, we take of our coat and hang it on the back of a chair or on a door knob.  Even though it takes just an extra few seconds to use a hanger, it just wasn't happening.  Then I saw an idea that took out the coat hanger/rod and replaced it with hooks - brilliant!  We were already 'hooking' the coats elsewhere, now we could just do it in the closet - where they belong!  And by doing so the closet now feels much more spacious! 

Kids were nicely distracted...this is when Noah fell asleep in his Jumparoo

Pat got started before I could get the 'before' picture...but just imagine the typical coat closet - jammed pack full of coats, items tossed everywhere on a top shelf, and other items thrown onto the floor.

Pat is going to build a new shelf for above the coats for additional storage - but that is a project for next weekend.  And we may add another row of three more hooks on the right side so that the kids can reach for their own coats/backpacks.  Here are some after pics minus the shelf...

Jumparoo!

Noah loves his jumparoo - he jumps so much that sometimes I think he might just fly out! 

This morning Noah went from this...

to this...