Daddy's Home!

They were so excited to see each other they took a nap together.  Love these two!

Valentine's Day Present for Daddy

Since Reese had to leave for another long business trip I had Sage do a bunch of projects for him for while he was gone.  He gets home today and we are both so EXCITED!  I wanted to make this trip a little easier for him.  I sent him with an envelope with a special project each day for him to open.  Here are some of the projects Sage did for him - all Valentine's Day themed.

 She was so happy to get her picture taken - not at all - she wanted to work on her project!

 This was painting with a paper towel roll - she loved it!

 Glue hearts covered in red glitter!

 Sage loves to tear the paper and then glue it on!

 

 She did this collage at the Library.  

She started to color the letters then decided to trace them. 

Playdate!

Lydia came over for a playdate this week and the girls played so well together.  They shared all the toys and there was no fighting over a single toy - I loved it!   Maybe Sage is starting to get better at sharing her toys.  She did tell me on the way home from lunch that day that she was going to keep her books in the car so Lydia couldn't read them.  So I know we still have a little bit of work to do!   The girls decided to have a picnic on the coffee table. 

Valentine Dessert

I always try to make a fun dessert for Valentine's Day.  This year I made Jello hearts.  First you make the jello, after it sets you put a cutting board over it and flip and hope all the jello comes out in one piece - luckily mine did!  Cut out the jello hearts, put them back in the pan and then make the sweetened condensed milk mixture and pour it over the jello hearts. 

Here it is before I cut into it. 

It worked - they all came out perfectly!   I brought some around to our neighbors to enjoy. 

Here is a link to the recipe:

http://www.thehungryhousewife.com/2012/02/valentines-jello-hearts.html

Valentine's Day

Most of you know that I love all holidays!   I hope Sage does too!   I had lots of fun making it a special Valentine's Day for her.  For breakfast she had heart shaped strawberries and peanut butter toast, sprinkles on some pudding and a chocolate heart.  What do you think she ate first - of course the chocolate heart!

Then for dinner she had heart shaped pizza and blueberries that were shaped like a heart as well.  This time the sprinkles were on yogurt!
 

She had to rearrange the strawberries into a different size heart!

 

After she got home from school on Thursday she told me that Reese and I were her Valentines!   Melted my heart!

Opening the Mailbox

Sage had so much fun opening her valentines from her friends.  She got up from her nap after playgroup on Wednesday and immediately asked to open her Valentine mailbox.  The chocolate valentines were the hit! 

Valentine's Party

For playgroup this week Megan hosted a Valentine's party for the kids.  They did a painting craft with hearts, and they exchanged valentine's.  It was lots of fun!  The kids each brought a mailbox for their valentines.

The kids:  Marshall, Alice, Sage, JJ, Allison, Andrew, Ty, & Case

These are the flowers we made to give to the kids.  Who knew that you could make flowers out of cupcake wrappers!

Sunday Funday!

It was a gray Sunday morning and we stayed home and kept busy.  We did so many activities/projects with Sage I lost count.  We started off with painting and then moved into activities, counting with clothespins, stringing beads, playing with pipe cleaners, and ending with Valentine's Day Bingo.  It was a busy morning!

 She had fun with the toilet paper roll painting - you push the roll together and it looks like a heart!  Notice the paint tray - the Self magazine.  We ran out of paper plates and had to improvise!

Happy Valentine's Day

Since Reese left for a business trip today we celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday.  Reese and I made cards for each other, I made a special dessert and we gave Sage her Valentine's Day gifts!  We got her Chutes and Ladders - she was excited for a new game.  We also got her some candy, stickers, crafts and a Pez dispenser, she loved the Pez and wanted to eat them all night long!  Here she is opening her new game, she tore into the wrapping paper!