Valentines Day

On Valentine's Day Grace finally made it to a school party. We missed her Thanksgiving and Christmas one but we made it for Valentines!

Grace and her best friend Camden had so much fun rolling each other up in this Winnie the Pooh chair.

After her party it was time to head to ballet. This week at ballet was red and pink week so we had to change from her normal black leotard and pink tights to make her a little more festive! :)

Opening her Valentines from Mommy & Daddy! (Daddy was in Orlando for a conference)

Here's a photo of Grace's Valentines that she gave to her friends...

Going through her Valentine box from school to see her goodies from her friends!

Grace's friend Kennedy gave everyone three heart crayons. Too cute! 

That night Grace and I baked Mickey heart cookies! 

I sure do love my sweet Valentine!

Fruit Cups

I signed up to bring fresh fruit for Grace's class Valentine's Day party! Instead of doing one big bowl of fresh fruit I decided that I would make individual fruit cups for everyone. It was so quick and easy. I just took small plastic cups, inserted a valentine's cupcake wrapper and filled with grapes and strawberries!

Valentine's Day

Hope you had a great Valentine's Day!

Scott's in Florida but Grace and I had a fun day full of Valentine stuff. I have lots of photos to share but I just wanted to post this one real quick.

This was once we got home from Ballet. It was red and pink week at ballet so I had to go outside the norm of her usual ballet attire! She got lots of compliments while at ballet. :)

Gettin' Crafty!

I saw this Valentine's Day decor on Pinterest, and just had to try it out for myself!

Supplies:
Two Vases one that fits into the other.
Candy Hearts
Flowers & water

I had the two vases so all I had to purchase were the Candy Hearts and the flower arrangement. I used 12 boxes of Candy Hearts. They were 4 boxes for $1 at the Dollar Tree! And I think I spent $7 on the flowers from Walmart!

Directions:
Fill small vase with 3/4 of water and cover top with saran wrap. Place the small vase inside the larger vase. If they were the same height that's wonderful, if not try and get them as close as possible. Pour the candy hearts into the vase. They may need guidance filling the space between the two vases. Add flowers and your done!








(please excuse the yucky cell phone photos)

I think this idea can be used with many things, for many seasons. Another idea for valentines would be to use Red roses and Red Hots.

Other fun crafts with Candy Hearts:
Topiary Tree
Filler for Candle Holders - See 2nd photo down
Bingo Game or Candle Holder

Camera Phone Photos

I have gotten TERRIBLE about taking actual photos of Grace. I really do need to try to carry my point & shoot camera around more but my phone camera seems more convenient and the quality of the photos are about the same as my point and shoot isn't very good. Below you will find a bunch of photos I've snapped of Grace with my camera phone within the past (maybe) two months. I guess it was a moment I couldn't resist at the time, so I figured I'd share with you!

Grace never falls asleep just watching TV during the day, so I had to take a photo:

A fun breakfast: 

My friend Sandi and I are leaders of a 4H Club. We took our kids to Pocosin Arts for a pottery class one day and Grace got to participate too. Here she is adding textures to her clay. 

Fun at the Circus: 

Out for a walk on Valentines Day with Nonnie and Da: 

My Silly Girl: 

I promise she know how to work my Ipod better than I do: 

Cowgirl Grace: 

Picnic for Snack: 

See what I mean, Silly?!? :) 

I was doing laundry and she put a pair of my underware over her clothes. :) 

Grace and Jaxon having a playdate! 

Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO