Valentines Day

I wanted to do something fun for K for her valentines for preschool. I saw this on Pintrest and K decided that she wanted to do it. Pintrest had suckers but I did not want to add to the candy frenzy so we did pencils instead.

When we were done she had a pot of flowers. She was so excited to go and pass out her flowers to all of her friends. Unfortunately, she was very sick the very next day and was not able to go to the party. Her teachers passed out her valentines for her and she got her stuff the following week. C had way too many people in his class to do something so crafty, so he got the store candy bracelets. He did not want to pass out flowers to his friends anyway. He said that pink flowers were not for boys to take for valentines day.

Silliness

K was eating puff balls and decided to see how many she could fit in her mouth. She got 4 in there. I am not sure how, but I had to snap these photos to prove it. She is such a silly girl!

Family Room Remodel

Since we were repainting already, I figured that our family room could use some color. As you may have noticed from the pictures, our house is white. White everywhere, tile, walls, carpet, counters, everything. The family room is one of the rooms that we are in often so a little color is needed. Here is the photos of the prep part. I got home from work and this process was taking place so I was not able to get the true before ones.

Here is the after. I really love the red wall. It brings so much color and warmth to our home and makes it feel more like my home.

Here is the other angle, the walls are a dark beige and I LOVE IT! I can not wait for the rest of the house to get painted but this is a great start!

Dancing Diva

K was in dance for the fall and winter season. She loved it. She had a performance at the Festival of Trees and then a Winter recital. J and JD were here for the winter recital and she was so excited that she got to do her dances for them. She loved dancing and practicing her dances at home. One of her dances was about snowflakes so her costume made her look like a snowflake.
Dad and K getting hot chocolate after winter recital C and K sitting by the tree after the winter recital

K with her class taking a last bow

K at the Festival of Trees waiting for the dance to start

So excited for the performance to start

Dressed up and ready to go to the performance

After the winter recital, I have been scheduled to work every Friday and can not make it to dance class. We are in the process of looking for a dance studio that has a three to four year old class that is not on Friday. She asks every day when she can go again. I am so happy that she loves it!

Christmas Day

I loved having all of the kids here for Christmas day. Here are some of their favorite gifts.
K-pink pony and pink princess C-Helicopter with a hook to grab stuff

J-remake of the original Halo

JD- his bike is right next to him, C was helping to take the pictures so he accidentally cut out part of the bike.

My children are the love of my life, I had such a wonderful day with them all here.

Chritsmas Eve

J and Jd were here for Christmas and Christmas eve this year. We had so much fun celebrating and doing our family traditions. I really loved that all of my children were here for the holiday. First tradition: pajamas so that Christmas morning pictures are taken with new and not faded pajamas. We each got our favorite things:
Mom- Tinkerbell Dad-Broncos

Jd- XBox

J- MW3, well they were camo but they represented MW3.

C- Broncos

K- princess

Tradition # 2- frost cookies for Santa to eat when he comes

Jd-not really wanting to make or frost cookies this year. I guess being 14 is being able to decide what traditions you do not want to be part of.

Tradition #3-make the cookies that need to be frosted for Santa when he comes. J took over this and was cute with K and C, he was teaching them how to roll out the cookies and cut them out. I really almost cried, but was able to hold it together until they went to bed that night. He is turning into an adult and it makes me a little sad. The fact that he is so responsible and so sweet to his little brother and sister makes me happy though.

I found the coolest website that sent C and K certificates and letters from Santa. It was so cute. They even got a portion of the nice list with their name on it. It was so awesome. C was starting to not believe this year and I think this helped us last one more year.

My room

Since we were updating so much, I wanted something new for our room. Here is the before picture. I found this bedding set at Sam's Club for $150.00! I was so excited. It included all of the pillows, shams and sheets. It even had a valance that I did not need. I found these curtains on clearance for $8 a panel and I used the blackout curtain we had up before and put it behind the chocolate ones. It is easier to sleep during the day if it is darker.

Huge difference and all I changed was the bedding. I think I found the best bargain ever!