Happy Valentine's Day!

The kids woke up to this sight for our Valentine's Day  morning. 

There was a wrapped book for each of our little love bugs, candy and a card. Tanner and Bailey were pretty excited about their new books and candy. 

I also got a surprise for Valentine's Day. I am so obsessed with these brookside chocolates and my flowers are absolutely gorgeous. I have a sweet husband. 

I made Chris a heart-shaped breakfast that included heart-shaped biscuits and gravy, heart shaped bacon, eggs and heart shaped strawberries.  

After breakfast I got these cuties dressed in their valentine's day clothes. Aren't they cute?

I just love this picture of Daddy and Tucker. That boy loves his Dad. 

For lunch we had  heart shaped pizza

The kids loved it. 

Then it was time for naps. While they napped, I made these chocolate covered strawberries. 

Chris and I also cleaned and organized the garage, because we are super romantic like that. 

Then we made dinner. Chris grilled some steaks and we had lobster mac-n-cheese and salad. It was so delicious. 

Then for dessert I made this cake for Chris. This is the same cake I made for Chris the day before he proposed. I secretly think this is reason he finally asked me to marry him. lol.
It's a four layer triple chocolate torte cake. So yummy. 

Then we put the kids to bed and Chris and I got to snuggle up and watch a movie. 

It was  nice relaxing Valentine's day. 

I am so lucky to have so many loves in my life. 

Playgroup Valentine's Day Party

Today we had a little playgroup valentine's day party. 

How cute are these two little love bugs?

this year Bailey asked for a "Rapunzel Tower" as her valentines box. She loved getting to help me make it and she loves how it turned out 

We had a little party at a friend's house and everyone brought stuff to contribute. I was in charge of the decorations and I think everything turned out so cute. The food was all red and white and so cute!. 

We ate love-muffins

There were sweet & sugary donuts

and savory sausage bites.

These strawberry parfaits were yummy and

the pink strawberry milk was a pretty cute idea. 

These little mini quiche were so yummy

All-in-all, the party was a bit hit.

We had about 20 kids and 10 adults. The kids all brought their valentines to exchange. Bailey enjoyed passing out her little bubble valentines.

We made these cute little cards to go with her bubbles. 

Check out all these crazy kids. So fun!

The kids and I had a great time at our little party and although we are sad Tanner had to miss it, but we had fun with all our little friends. 

Explore and Discover Valentine's Day Party

Don't you just LOVE this face? I know I do. 

Today I got to go to Tanner's preschool Valentine's day party. It was adorably cute. 

I love this picture of Tanner and his friends checking out their valentine's with such excitement. 

Tanner kept showing me each valentine he received.

Each kid got to take a turn passing out their valentines to everyone in the circle. 

Then it was time for snacks. Tanner doesn't really like sweets, so he only ate his orange and his pretzels but he was sweet enough to give him his cupcake. I gladly accepted and enjoyed it. 

I just love this. They are such little people. Sitting at the table and talking amongst themselves. 

These were the valentines that Tanner and I made this year. He wrote his name on each card and helped me by placing the playdoh in the cutout circle. There were 18 cards, so he got a lot of practice writing his name. 

He thought they were very cool and all the kids in his class liked them!

We also made Tanner a valentine's box. He chose a "Transformers" theme and we went for an "Optimus Prime" looking box. He loved how it turned out. 

We had a great time at his party and I am so grateful I got to be there for it. 

Fun at the Park

I cannot get over this amazing weather. For the last few days we have been in the low 70's and its just gorgeous. We spent the morning at "Horsebarn Park" and so did about every other kid in town. It was incredibly crowded. I had a hard time keeping track of my three kids because there were so many kids running everywhere all the time. But we all survived and the kids had a great time. 

Bailey loves to slide. She would do this over and over again. 

Because of the sheer volume of kids at the park, I didn't get Tucker out of his stroller very much. Luckily for me, Tucker is the happiest kid ever and was totally content chilling in the stroller and watching everyone else play. 

Tanner is almost to that magical age where he can swing himself. I have to get him started on the swing but then he pumps his own legs and can keep himself swinging. SOOO nice. 

It's really nice because Bailey is not to that point yet, even though she thinks she is, and I have to constantly help her swing. 

Tanner also discovered the rock wall. He wasn't sure if he liked getting that high off the ground but I was proud of him for trying. 

After a couple hours playing, we laid out our blanket and ate our picnic lunch. How cute are these kids in their sunglasses? Love them!

Once we finished eating lunch, we got the kids bikes out and went for a ride. They loved this part. I was a little stressed trying to keep everyone together because Tanner likes to ride ahead and Bailey was a little slow on the ziggle. But they had a blast. 

Here are all three kids, about to go under the bridge. 

Eventually we packed up to go home for naps. After naps though we went outside to play in the backyard. We did the stomp rocket and the kids loved that. 

Tanner was of course, way into this activity. 

Tucker and I enjoyed watching the kids from the blanket on the grass. 

I love these three small people

It was a gorgeous afternoon and a great way to kill time until Dad got home. 

May this weather keep up because we are loving it!