Be Mine, Valentine!

Charlotte brushing her teeth for the very first time all by herself.

First braid, she finally has enough hair to make a braid!

BIG girl!

Look at her smiling so proud at herself.

B Man playing with his sister's plastic red lipstick, oh boy.

C coloring her Valentines cards for friends and family,

and painting,

and placing Valentine's stickers in just the right spot.

The finished product (outside)

C is obsessed with "Marrmaid" or Disney's The Little Mermaid, she sings Part of Your World

ALL. DAY. LONG.

EVERYDAY.

So I thought it was fitting for her card to say on the front 

"I LOVE that YOU are "Part of My World!"

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love,

Charlotte

The inside

And for her friends.

More Valentine's fun...

We have been reading Valentine's type books lately. Charlotte's favorite is How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? This book is adorable, the pictures are big and the story is short. The words rhyme together and the pace is perfect for Little Miss Charlotte. When I'm done reading to her she will pick up the book and start reading in her babble. So sweet.

 We also played a heart matching game, she is really into matching things lately. She names all the colors too.

 Practicing her jumping skills over the hearts. Lol

 Back to work at matching her hearts together. A few times she fussed and fussed over the hearts not lining up perfectly, oh. my. goodness. I kept reassuring her it was okay and that her hearts looked pretty.  I think she is a perfectionist... like me. :(

 

Playdough Tray with a Valentine's spin.

 We made "chocolates" out of brown playdoh...she loved this and would do it over and over again.

And heart shaped glasses.

 Charlotte wanted to take some pictures of "Mistor Tato Head"

 and another of course of "Bea-air".

 C also decorated cookies with sprinkles. She LOVED this!

 "Wanta sprinkle Mommy?"

 All done!

 She was so proud of her sprinkle skills.

MMMMMmmmm!

Superbowl Sunday!

Sunday football has been fun for us this season with our Big Brady sporting the CUTEST jersey!!!

I will miss Sunday football, not for the games really but for the fun we had as a family. The food. Relaxation. Being together.

Superbowl Sunday we had friends over. Ashley made several batches of homemade team colored tortilla chips. We always have a great time together. I love my girls!!! ;)

Sorry I don't have any more pictures to post... I enjoyed my time with my family and friends instead of with my camera. Ha!

I heart Valentine's Day!

Today we played at Charlie's house. The girls dipped heart shaped cookie cutters in paint and made beautiful Valentine's heart paintings.

 This girl LOVES paint!

The girls then went on a heart hunt around the house (again, it was too chilly outside). They both ran around and around in search of pink and red heart boxes to place in their baskets. So cute! We had a fun time and finished off our play date with a yummy snack which was a Valentine's cookie decorated by Charlotte herself. Happy Valentine's Day!

Playing with Charlotte

The last few days have been frigid with highs in the 40s. I know that is probably warm for many right now, but the thought of spending any amount of time outside isn't for me. So we made card table houses and forts in the living room. C loves having Bear and me over for a tea party. 

 As I snapped this one she said this "Chaw-it (Charlotte) go to sleep, Mama".  

 I asked her to smile pretty for me and this is what this monkey did...Lol

 We sorted candy conversation hearts by color in this heart muffin tin. She loved eating the blue ones.

 Gluing her H objects with her glue stick. She can identify the letters C and H now. I am so proud of her!

She is pointing to her favorite picture, a horse.

B Man's 1st Shiner

Last night, B Man was doing a running crawl to Charlotte. It was funny until this happened. While chasing her, he slipped and fell on his head which turned out to be his eye. You know it's bad when they suck in their scream and then wail with big crocodile tears. I felt SO bad for him and we cuddled until bedtime. Poor guy. I didn't notice how bad it was until this morning. His eye was all puffy and purple, he wouldn't even let me touch it. It looked a lot like he had purple eyeshadow on. Unfortunately, I don't think this will be the last time he gets a black eye.

Kinda hard to tell in the pictures but it looked like it hurt.

He's a tough guy though!

The Play Factory

A couple of days ago we met up with our friends Heather and Calvin at The Play Factory. Charlotte loves playing with "Cal-win". I think the feelings are mutual because "Cal-win" talks a alot about "Sarr-lett". It is such a sweet friendship!

Sarr-lett and Cal-win

  I was SO surprised to see C going down the slide! Of course, Calvin had to show her first, but seriously she does not go down ANY slides so this was the first time she really enjoyed herself on a slide!

 Look at that smile! Pure JOY.

 Weee! You can see she is a little unsure about the process of getting down. Lol

 She had SO much fun!

 Calvin's turn!

He had a blast too!

Fun FUN morning. Thanks Heather!

My Little Man

 Crawling up to his mama.

 I can't tell you how much I love this little guy... One of the things I completely adore about B Man is all of his cuddles. He is the MOST cuddly little child I know. When I pick him up at the church nursery on Sundays he always bear hugs me and lays his sweet little head right on my shoulder... it is his way of saying I love you. When Brady is crawling around and stops and meets eyes with me he will crawl over and again lay his sweet little head down in my lap. I love you too Brady Boy. When he bonks his head on anything or falls, I will come right over and tend to him and all he wants is his head on my shoulder. I love you too Brady Boy. After crawling around Brady will lean his little body on yours and he will pull himself up and plant one of these sloppy open mouth B Man kisses. It has become a signature move from him. He will then rub his face in yours and your heart can't do anything else but melt.

This little man is my heart. His love is so revealing of his heart and happiness. He is the best little boy I could have ever been blessed with. I sense that he will be an even better man.

I love you Brady boy.