Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day I thought it would be fun starting on February 1st to give the kids each a little treat/prize every day leading up to the 14th.  I found these adorable little Valentine's Day mailboxes and each day when the kids woke up there was a new prize inside.  I always look forward to February because it means its birthday month for us (Keith and Malea's birthdays, plus a number of other family members), and it means its getting closer to spring (I hate winter).  It gives me something to look forward to in the cold dreary winter months!

Getting their mailboxes on February 1st!  I love this pic of Claire looking up at Malea, so sweet

The first day they each got a Valentine's Day outfit

Claire wasn't diggin' it haha

Another day they each got Valentine's Day jammies

Isaac wasn't thrilled about his jammies but he warmed up to them later

Pretty girl in her church dress, this was one of my favorite dresses of Malea's

Isaac's awesome Valentine's box for school!  I traced his hands making the "I love you" sign, and it looks like he's shooting webs :)

The kids' Valentine's this year

I decorated the table for a special Valentine's Day celebration!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Pretty flowers Keith gave me

Love her smile!

Some cute Valentine's bags the kids decorated

I like to have the kids decorate cookies each year, only problem is I stink at baking so I always buy these pre-made cookie kits and let the kids decorate them, haha

Some Valentine's crafts Isaac made at school

Chick-fil-a did the cutest little Father-Daughter Date night for Valentine's Day!  They had dinner there, got to decorate a cute frame with a picture of the two of them, and they want on a limo ride!!  It was so cute!

Malea's 8th Birthday

My baby turned 8 on February 12th!  I can't believe it!  She chose a Minecraft theme this year so I did my best to make it a little more "girly".  She loves watching Minecraft videos on youtube, especially Stampy Cat. Malea is such a big helper to me and so grown up lately.  She is very conscientious of others feelings and always does her best to make sure people feel included.  She is very tender hearted, sometimes at the expense of her own feelings, but I always tell her that is a strength.  She is my little shopping buddy, loves to go to the mall and of course make a stop at Claire's to get a new set of earrings or a cute new beanie boo.  She still loves stuffed animals, has a million of them and yet when she earns money she always wants to spend it on a new one.  We just love this girl so much!

We started the birthday celebration with a combined family party for Malea and Keith, since their birthdays are so close together (its usually mostly for her though ;)). 

Found all these awesome Minecraft printables on Pinterest!

Sisters!

Cute cousins!

Grandma Vicki & Grandpa Rick gave her some new high heels for her birthday so of course she had to put them right on ;)

She got lots of fun things!  Some Minecraft toys she's been wanting and some fun things for her doll

The birthday boy and girl!

Trying on the new doll clothes with Grandma!

Valentine's Day!  And the day we celebrated her birthday at school.  She wanted to wear her new high heels (but I sent her with a back up pair of flats just in case, she told me switched in to them after a couple of hours)

Did her hair in a cute hair bow style I saw somewhere, it turned out cute!

I told Malea I would meet her up for lunch so I picked up Taco Time (her request) and took it to her, along with some other birthday surprises

For her friend party this year I told her she could pick 5 friends and we would take them all to Hang Time.  Such a cute group of girls!

They had so much fun!

After Hang Time we went back to our house to do presents and cake & ice cream.  It was a great day!

Happy Birthday cute girl!!

Catching Up!

I'm embarrassed at how long its been since I last blogged!  Life is crazy with 3 kids, especially since Claire became mobile.  I have so much to catch up on, I'm going to do my best to get there!