Countdown to V-day.

On Valentine's day between all our deliveries the kids enjoyed opening cards from Auntie Di & Uncle Larry and a very fun package from Grandpa Rick & Grandma Leeanne.

This year for Valentine's day Gramy sent the kids home with a whole bunch of presents. They got to open one a day until they counted down to Valentine's day. They thought this was quite fun.

They insisted on doing it first thing in the morning before school.
They loved all the yummy snacks and treats they opened. Thanks Gramy & Papa!

Dr. Seuss Day @ Preschool

Part of "S" week at preschool was a fun-filled day of Dr. Seuss inspired activities. It was a party day so Titus and I got to stay to enjoy all the fun.

Faith's Passport saying she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Titus with his Green Eggs N' Ham picture frame he made.

Making Green Eggs & Ham Frames

Taking the "spec" from Horton Hears a Who to a safe place.
Titus REALLY got into this game.
Titus' silly face.Making "Cat & the Hat" Hats
Trying out green eggs & ham. They liked it! ( I was a little surprised.)

Reading "Happy Birthday To You." This was a new one for me.

Making birthday cards with "S"tamps & "S"tickers.
Dr. Seuss has SO many great books. They also picked out what they wanted to be and read "Oh, the place you will go."

The yummy snacks. Goldfish for "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish." Hat cake for "The Cat in the Hat" and mini cupcakes that looked like green eggs.
It was such a fun day. Thanks Mrs. Karen for planning such fun and creative activities for us to enjoy!!

Valentine's Day Kindergarten Party

In the middle of all the cupcake craziness I made it a priority to attend Grace's kindergarten party. I had been at all the rest and didn't want her to be disappointed. This party was much calmer then the Christmas party. (and I wasn't in charge of the game-Hooray!)

Tossing balls in heart bucket.

Eating lots of sugar.

The Valentine bags- Grace's teacher had to make hers because she was gone all but one day the week before with a fever.
Her class with all their loot getting ready to head home. The party was pretty quiet. The kids didn't even open up their Valentines. They were sent home to enjoy. My favorite "treat" Grace got was a little personal bottle of hand sanitizer from Bath & Body Works complete with the thing to hook it on her book bag. I thought this was a great creative idea.
You might also spot in the picture the kids got suckers with foam shapes attached. The girls had big red lips and the boys had mustaches. Another cheap and very fun treat to keep in mind for the future.

Happy Valentine's Day Mrs. Pritchett's class!

Valentine's Day Cupcake Craziness

Our Valentine's Day was absolutely crazy (in a good way) this year! We delivered cupcakes to benefit our adoption and it kept me quite busy. On Monday morning I was able to go to Faith's Valentine party and then I hit the ground running. I baked 12 dozen cupcakes or so. I made vanilla, chocolate, & red velvet. I also made frosting and decorations. We delivered two cupcakes in a decorative box for $10. We also delivered kid packs that included an eraser, pencils, stickers, & a cupcake balloon for $5. We did over 28 deliveries. Jeremy came home from work early to help with deliveries. I also squeezed in attending an assembly Grace was in and her Valentine party that afternoon. I literally fell asleep on the couch at 8 o'clock that night. Not such a great Valentine for my hubbie. But, he didn't mind too much since we raised $500 for our adoption!!! Hooray!

Each box included a vanilla cupcake with pink buttercream and a chocolate fondant heart. It also had a chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing and a peanut butter heart dipped in white chocolate. We got lots of great feedback and are hoping to do this again next year.
Happy Valentine's day Humiston family- I loved our crazy cupcake day! And can't wait till we celebrate as an entire family some day. (maybe with cupcakes just for us)

Something old becomes new.

A few Christmases ago the kids got an easel. I can say it did not get nearly enough love when it was down in the playroom. I actually really disliked it in the play room. The chalk would get scattered all over and ground in the carpet or the lids would get left off the dry eraser markers and that would be their demise. It just didn't work. When we did our house shuffle we ran out of room in the girls' room and there was no way Titus was getting something he could use to mark on the walls with in his room. So I decided to bring it into our kitchen. (We had previously tried having the kids' little kitchen in my kitchen but it wasn't working out well either so I moved it down to the girls' room.)

I can officially say the easel has found a wonderful new home! The kids love drawing on it when I am cooking. Grace practices words. They draw. I occasionally leave Grace surprise notes while she is at school which she loves to see if she can read. Did I mention the draw for hours? Its wonderful. We also got some dry erase crayons which we are REALLY loving. (no lids to worry about!)

I LOVE when something old becomes new and wonderful again. This toy was in the danger zone of ending up in our next yard sale and now its our new favorite!