School Valentines

We had a Extra day to get ready to hand out Addy's School Valentines .Thank goodness .
Here's what we did .

 Wondered what we were doing with all those empty crayon wrappers . We made heart crayons . I snagged this idea from my sister when my first idea failed me .(tell you all about it in a minute )My very creative sister picked up this idea from here last year for my nephews Valentines last year . A great way to recycle all your old very used crayons and your friends too . Must admit we had not enough crayons to finish our project for all the kids so I was pestering my friends for all there old crayons too . I used my sister Wilton heart silicone cupcake pans. You really do not have to be to creative to figure this one out .

(Sorry for the terrible ,horrible no good picture was taken at 11:00pm but it gives you the idea anyhow )

Now what was my first idea . well here was what it was suppose to look like here .So whatt happen I had a box of 100 small candy canes and whole 92 of them were broke or broke on their way of being unwrapped , so i guess this will be next years idea.

I HEART these girls so much !

Happy Heart Day to you all !!!
Valentines is reflected on my children and we do special stuff for them . We have tradition of having a Valentines Scavenger hunt every Valentines since well its been 4 years now. I make up clues that have the kids running up and down the stairs and usually at each new clue there is a special surprise waiting to be found . Addy was without her brother for the first time. (so the clues were a little easier )
Here's my Two Sweet Hearts

Having Heart Rice Crispy Cake .

Here is the Valentines Cards the girls gave to loved ones that I had premade in the craft studio already .

Here are some special treat bags we handed out to some friends and neighbours too !(PS there are a few neighbours that still have theres sitting here we didn't make it to far )

This was me and my girls after having our Steak and Lobster supper that we made for daddy followed by our scavenger hunt and to finish it off we decorated cookies then ate them for dessert.

Itching to put holes in my walls

I have not put up our family pictures yet . I have been wanting to pound holes in our freshly painted holeless (is that a word) walls . But still trying to decide what exactly to do .
Do these ideas just make you want to put holes in your walls ?

I apologize I do not remember the place I picked these ideas up from to give them the proper credit but if I figure it out will let you know .

The happenings of a Saturday .

This is how I wake up to my kitchen on most mornings.. who am I trying to kid anyhow . Every morning .

We try to spend most of our evening with our kids . So the table is left a mess but I don't really mind . I enjoy having my morning tea while cleaning up .



I started our Saturday morning by feeding my family something I know everyone will eat .

FRENCH TOAST . Yummy . And seeing how you can see my reflection in my kettle I would consider this a self portrait as well .LOL.
I then I dressed the girls up in hopes to take a few pictures of them as I still have not got there 1 and 3 year old pictures done yet . Lack of poor communicating (on my part )with friend / photographer these days . Really need to get these done before this next babe appears . Here are a few pictures I got though.

This girl can FAKE cry to laugh in seconds . We are going to have our hands full when she is older .
So this day took a last minute curve to head to Minot to pick up a few Reno things and I picked up a few groceries . So no mini photo shoot for my girls today . We will try again .

I went to find Addy to tell her we are going shopping and this is where I found her.

Then I headed back upstairs to find Izzy doing this and quite proud of herself too. The life of a mom.

JUST because .......

I was having one of those mornings that started the night before . I had found out that my grandpa was heading back to the emergency room again . I was getting the girls ready  to head to Addy's music class but also packed a bag just in case I needed to stay in for the night to help out .So i packed up stuff for all three of us girls and the dog . I had been solo parenting all week exhasted, tired ,stressed out , raging hormones and had no breakfast . SO got everyone in the truck by 8:00 am and here were three heart cookies .This was just what I needed . These cookies made me cry it was one of those days were you need something to happen to make your day better . So the strange thing was these cookies were not there when I started the truck at 7:30 to warm it up they appeared sometime between 7:31 - 8:00 .     I was so grateful or the cookies and not just because they tasted absolutely amazing but because they were there on this particular day .I must mention that by noon this day I also had found out that Jeremy's grandpa had passed away . It was not a good grandpa day for us .  SO these cookies made my day just alittle brighter .
Thanks to my mystery friend .
SO leave a surprise for someone .You just don't know when they really could use it .

Why we did this today ??

               You will just have to wait and see .

Just a ordinary day .....

                                 around the Jones house with Little People scattered everywhere .

One of the many things I love about Addy is she can entertain herself for hours if she had too .

She has a wild imagination .

She plays hide seek , goes on picnics , builds houses , takes the kids to school , feeds the farm animals and whatever else her little mind thinks up to do with her peoples. Sometimes she even lets me play too ,but I usually get a big no mom .

                                         She even managed to look up for me for one picture .