Valentine's Day part 3

After we sent Mikie on his way to work, the girls and I played outside in the gorgeous weather for a bit. Trimming away the winter nastiness in the garden, girls rode bikes, cleaned out the garage, etc. As a reward for our hard work, we did pedicures. We soaked our feet in peppermint salt water, pumiced our heals and painted. I let the girls paint their own toes this time (which NEVER happens). Kailee did a super job, Addie, well, you can see.

When we were done with our toes, we set out to make our Valentine's mice. They crafted while I baked cookies for dinner at our neighbor's house. When it was all said and done we had a heard of mice! We went next door to our neighbors for a delicious Valentine's day dinner and great company. It was great. I hope you all had fun with your sweethearts and family! We sure did!

Valentine's Day Part 2

The big event of the day was a scavenger hunt (Leslie - I stole your idea!). Their clues were ready for them at the breakfast table. We let them read the first 2 clues so they would know what we were doing (Mike will often leave them mini in the house hunts before he works). The clues started from church.

Clue #1: The place you like to eat that has the funny hamburger man:
Answer: Sylvester's Burgers - YUMMY!

Clue #2: This is where we go to feed the ducks and ride bikes.

Answer: the Lake Park. With loaf of bread in hand we walked around the lake and made sure all the ducky families were fed. Well, all except the evil hissing geese. I tried to get a picture but couldn't capture the hiss. Weirdest thing. Ask the girls about it next time you see them. Hilarious to see their impression.

Clue #3: This place has cold stuff you like to put a worm on...
Answer: Yogurt Creations

This is one of those places you make your own yogurt and put your toppings. We love it.

The worm on top:

Clue #4: Where did we see teeny tiny baby somethings???

Answer: The Pet Shop. We had been here about a week earlier and they had teeny baby mice.

Clue #5: Everything here cost 4 quarters.

Answer: Dollar Store

The girls each got a dollar to pick one special thing...

It was very funny to see the contemplation on each of their faces as they decided how to spend their dollar.

They finally decided: Kailee chose pretend coins to use for her "classroom" and Addie chose gel window cling ons.

Clue #6: You look for bird nests here...

Answer: HOME!

Our juniper trees have been the home for about 6 bird families each spring. They love these trees. We love watching the baby birds go from egg to flying away.

We had an absolute blast! I would highly recommend this for any family looking for a good adventure on an afternoon. It took about 3 hours and I enjoyed every second. Kailee read every clue all by herself. I am continually impressed by her amazing reading skills. It was great to just stop the to do list for once and focus on them and fun stuff they like. Love my girls, Love my Hubbie, Love Valentines Day.

Valentine's Day Part 1

Valentine's is one of my favorite holidays... Fourth of July and Christmas are my other faves for those of you keeping track: ) I don't like Valentine's Day for the whole couples aspect. I actually completely rebel against the entire holiday in that sense. In fact, and this may surprise you, Mike and I do not exchange anything at all. I get him nothing. He gets each of us girls a single flower. I absolutely cannot bring myself to buy a cheesy $5 card... and I don't have time to make one, so it is understood that we show our love to each other everyday of the year, not just V-day. Anyhow, my mom always made it so special for us when we were kids... pink and hearts everywhere. Fortunately, this year it fell on a sunday so I could fancy up the day for my girls. This year we had to hurry it up a bit because we only had Mike until 2. So, I woke up early (which in itself should be a gift to my family b/c normally, if the kids aren't up, neither am I) to make a Valentine's breakfast. I made heart shaped blueberry scones, pink smoothies, eggs (forgot to put the food coloring in) and fruit salad. The girls each got a little goodie and we were off to church...

Preggo pics

Ok, fine. Here are some preggo pics. I always forget to have Mike take them when he is home and being that we are only getting bigger and bigger, I played around tonight trying to get a self portrait and, well, let's just say, I suck at self portraits. So this is what you get. 24 weeks 3 days. Me and my little tag-a-long.