All Things Valentines 2010

We had a really fun time celebrating Valentine's Day this year. I just love this holiday because I love all things red and pink...and I just love hearts! We spent our celebrating by having parties at school during a huge snow storm, we had a HEART party at Mimi's house, and then celebrated Mimi's birthday on Valentines Day! The girls (and Seth and I) are about candied out, but had such a fun few days! Here are some pics of our Heart Day fun!

Here is Jules at her school party. She WOULD NOT smile at me the whole time. It was like she was embarrassed to have her mom there in front of all of her friends or something! She just glared at me. Of course, she was also eating a cupcake and she goes into a mode whilst consuming all sugar!

See what I mean? Another glare!

Here is Jillian with her favorite teacher and her favorite girls in her class.
Eva, Ella, Jillian, and Ms. Cheryl

Ella and Jillian

The girls partying together

Having treats and doing crafts!


Here is the table that Mimi set for her Heart Party! She is such a good party thrower! The girls had all sorts of treats from cake balls, to strawberry and marshmallow shish-ka-bobs, and even heart shaped ice cubes!

The five grandgirls

Again, Jules with that glare...

Mimi and her girls!

Here is Jillian getting V-day gifts from her momma and daddy!

Jules getting her gifts...and refusing to smile! I swear she is so happy and you wouldn't be able to tell from my pictures!

Pink overload

Happy Birthday to Mimi!!!!

Pizza and Pajamas

Last week, Jillian and I had Pizza and Pajamas week at school in honor of the letter P! So, we got some cute pajamas and got to spend the whole day partying in comfortable clothes! I opted not to wear the usual goodwill t-shirt that I usually sleep in, and I got something a little more appropriate for the preschoolers to see.

Jillian in full pajama gear...including her lovey.

Aren't we a cute couple of pajama partiers??

Of course Jules had to get into a picture with us!

Pimp My Blog...Again

So, I have been working with Jen over at www.jengetsfancy.com to recreate my blog. I absolutely LOVE what she has done!!! My new look definitely reflects my style and I am SO VERY HAPPY with it. Jen was so sweet to work with and I would recommend her to anyone looking to pimp their own blog!!!! So, go get a new look!!

The Dallas Blizzard

We had the most amazing snow yesterday! It literally snowed for about 20+ hours and stuck! This is something unheard of for us Texas girls...but we really enjoyed such a change of weather!!! The most amazing of all was that even though the school district where we live cancelled school, our preschool was not cancelled! I would have just gotten a sub, but it was Valentine party day and I didn't want the girls to miss out! So, Jillian, Jules, and I headed off to school and all day we felt like we were in a snow globe!
After school, Daddy came home from work early to play in the snow with the girls. He was so excited about it...but unfortunately our girls tend to be inside chicks because they didn't last long! Jules was a nightmare and cried the whole time. Jillian didn't like getting wet and dirty! So, they both ended up in their rooms and Daddy and I finished our snowman. Jillian named that snowman Jillian.

The girls before school

You can see their red noses and eyes because it was SOOO cold!

Jules has ADD when it comes to pictures. I can't EVER get her to look at my camera long enough for it to actually take her picture!

The girls in front of our house in the winter wonderland!

Aren't they cute little snow angels?

Jillian and Jillian

Jillian, Jillian, Daddy, and a SCREAMING Jules

Jillian

I Heart My BFF

Jillian gave Emmy an early Valentine gift and the girls wore them to school today!

Aren't they precious????

My Little Genius

Yesterday, I helped Jillian make a Valentine for her cousin Emmy. If you have ever read my blog, then you know what a special bond these two have!!! They truly are best friends...and even though Summer and I have forced them on one another since birth, I still feel that they love eachother so much without us pushing it! Anyway, I gave Jillian some of my reject die-cut hearts from school and let her do her thing.

This below is what she created...

Now...where the genius part comes into play. If you enlarge this picture, then you will see how Jillian tried copying what I wrote. The word Emmy is not really recognizable...but it was her first time. She is totally mastering writing her name...and this is mostly THANKS to Ms. Cheryl, her teacher...than to me! Ha! Ms. Cheryl (who is totally wonderful!!!!) has really worked with Jillian and the girl can write her name without even seeing it anymore! I think that is smart for a 3 1/2 year old...but maybe I am just a proud mom! :) The other smart addition to Emmy's Valentine is the 2 stick figures right above the "I Love You" heart. She had me draw the Dale Family and Our Family in stick figures. Then she went to work and came and showed me that she had drawn Mimi and Papaw right underneath! I think she did a great job!!!! So...that is all for my little bragging session...I am just proud of my big girl!!!!!

A Sweet Hairdo

On Monday morning, I remembered that I needed to do my lesson plans for school. So, I set the girls up at the table with breakfast, drinks, and a Backyardigans episode to keep them busy so that I could get my stuff done really quick. I kept calling to them and Jillian kept telling me that all was well. Well, not even 10 minutes later, I walked in and found that Jules had apparently rubbed her syrupy plate all on her head...in her hair. Wow...what a nice start to our Monday morning! She ended up having a bath and hair-washing before 8:30! I just love this age!

NOT a good look for you girl!

Yummy!!!

Uh Oh...she is caught!

Bathtime!

That is much better! Us blondes can't hide dirty hair very well! :)