Valentines and More

My mom always gave me some cute things for Valentine's Day so I like to keep that tradition going.


Here's the presents ready to be found. Tim is our soccer guy in the house so he got the soccer heart box full of goodies.



Roman found his EARLY!


Then when this good sleeper woke up, she got hers.


There are some Valentine haters out there (you know who you are) but I just think it's a great excuse to make all your food pink! :)


London all ready for her Valentine party at school.


Where she made this...it's Love Bugs. It's a caterpillar magnet holding on to a lady bug plate. Cute!


MMMM...SUGAR


Gotta love your kitchen help!


I was cleaning one day when I heard giggling coming from somewhere. I walked around and around and couldn't tell where exactly he was, then I saw a little finger poking through this cupboard. I think he was after the DDP!


This kid is Elmo crazed!! He doesn't have many words, but Elmo is loud and clear. He about had a heart attack at the store when he saw these shoes and jammies so I just had to. I put them on him and he ran right to the place where I always take London's pictures(it's because it's the only place not cluttered with toys, I actually really hate the way the wall is painted, just have never taken the time to change it). Guess he wanted it on print!


London got her ears pierced!!! I think I was more excited than her!! We took a video of it and it's kind of sad and kind of funny at the same time. I will have to post it later. Her delayed reaction is priceless!


I have no words for this other than, yes, that is where I do most of the cooking.

Mother Goose Olympics

I think pre-school teachers need a lot more recognition than they get. The ones I've dealt with and the ones I see on other people's blogs are all so talented at what they do! There is no end to their creativity and you can't tell me it's easy to get a class of 3-4 year olds to write their names, count to 100, and know the name and sound of each letter. Amazing! Here's one of the creatively fun things London did last week at pre-school. It was called Mother Goose Olympics. There was Bah Bah Black Sheep Black Garbage Bag Races, Simple Simon Met a Pie Man Pie Hat Races, Diddle Diddle Dumpling My Son Jon Sock Contests, and then here's our gal in Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Quick Candle Hopping. Tim, who did hurdles in high school and college, was so darn proud of this one!



They also made these little Humpty Dumpty men out of crushed and painted egg shells. Crafts are another thing I appreciate about pre-school teachers because I'm just not the type of mom that says, "Hey kids, let's make a huge mess by doing crafts all day." Just not me. But I knows kids like to do them so I'm glad there's a place for that. :)



I guess they spent the whole week making this Dinosaur Egg Pinata and then on the last day of the week they got to crack it open and out came lots of little tiny toy dinosaurs..and candy of course!



And here she is because she made the 100's club, meaning she counted to 100 for the whole class. They get 100 M&M's in a little box. She is also in her pajamas here because it was pajama day for "P" week.



I've heard pre-school also referred to as "lazy parenting" but I really and truly disagree. If you have kids like mine, which most of you do, they are going to do things better for other people than for you. It's just how it works and I don't know why. Plus, being social is just as important as learning. But I will stop here before my soap box gets too big and offensive. :)