Valentine's Day

Valentine Hair!  Got the idea from Pinterest, and after seeing a friend of mine doing it with her girls hair I gave it a try.  Payton was very excited to have "heart hair".

Dave and I decided that we would make Valentine's Day a family affair and play Valentine Minute to Win It.  I have to admit that I didn't think we were going to pull it off.  I went to four different stores Valentine's Day morning before finding any of the candy I needed for the games.  Who knew everything would be gone already.  I am so glad that Ralph and Michelle were able to make it, we had so much fun!

Here are some shots of the games.

Heart a Stack - Stack candy hearts as high as you can in a minute.

Puff Ball Race - Blow a puff ball from one side of the room to the other in a minute.

Candy Corn Stand Up - See how many candy corns you can stand on end in a minute.

Candy Heart Relay - Using a spoon carry hearts from one cup to another on opposite sides of the room.  How many hearts can you move in a minute.

Valentine Mummy - Who can do the most wrapping in a minute. 

Can I just say that we loved how Austin participated in every game.  He is so cute and a Ralph was a perfect teammate.

Marshmallow Toss - How many Marshmallows can you toss into a bowl on the other side of the table, which turned into how many marshmallows can you toss into Daddy's mouth from across the table.

I love the joy in the kid's faces in these pictures.  Awesome!

They had to see how many marshmallows they could fit into their mouths...

You can't have all this fun without treats!  Yes, those are the Oreo Cookie Truffles.  Dave was so  nice to share with all of us.  :o)

What a fun night!

Oreo Truffles

I have never been really good at buying Valentine's gifts for Dave.  I don't know why but I am horrible at it.

This year I decided to make some Oreo Cookie Truffles for him.  The kids were more than excited to help, especially when they were told they could have a cookie. 

We tried regular Oreo Truffles and Mint Oreo Truffles.  Payton and Lincoln were excellent helpers and offered their services during every step, then licked their fingers clean when done.

Valentine Gone Wrong

You know that moment when you have spent two hours working on something to end up hating it.  Haha!  That was me with putting together the teacher valentines for the kids.  The picture on the left is what I spent so much time working on.  I thought that the boxes were going to be so cute.  But I used paper that was too thin and ended up printing the little message on the top of the box backwards so that you couldn't read the words when the box was closed.  BOO!

Yes, I re-did them, and so glad I did!  The picture on the right shows the new box next to the old one.  I liked the new ones so much better than the first ones.  Yay!

Valentine Decor

So I finally put up our Valentine decorations, less than a week before Valentines day.  Haha!  Oh well, I guess better than not at all.

We also worked on Lincoln's valentines today.  He was so excited to give his friends sticky hands.  And even more excited to play with them.

Ted

Lincoln, Austin, and I went to my friend Jessie's house for a combined play date and craft group.  While there I got everything ready for Payton's Valentines so that when she got home she could quickly put them together.  Then prepped everything for Lincoln and Austin's, now all I have to do is cut them out and assemble.  Yay!  So glad I was able to get that done.

Another exciting thing about being VIP is that you get to bring home Ted for the week.  He comes with his own backpack with clothes and a travel journal.  The kids get to document what they get to do with Ted.  Tonight Ted joined us for FHE.  We had a lesson on the creation and how we can show gratitude for all the Lord's creations.  Good times!  Hope Ted had fun.  Haha!