Happy Valentine's Day

Leo was very excited about the big day. We assembled his Valentines a few days early at his insistence. Our Valentines this year consisted of a card, a pack of gum, and some VDay tattoos. I made a little assembly line for him to put them together, and he did great. We made labels for most of the items and then he wrote the children's names on the outside - it was too much for him to handwrite everything.


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Henry's Valentines, made by me! I thought they turned out really cute!

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Henry had a little party at his school. He didn't want to go in that morning, and I said..."But there's going to be a party!" And he said "CUPCAKE!" And he was ready to go.

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His loot.

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There is a little fountain in front of the church, and everyday we have to stop and put our hand in it. I took a chance by taking his picture for the blog, but usually I hold on to his shirt while he does this.

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The Shirt. I thought this was too cute - had to call around and drive to a Gymboree across town to get it.

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I made a heart pizza for the boys last night.

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Henry sings the hits!

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Sorry, I turned the camera the wrong way again.

Henry sings bits and pieces of...Sleepyhead Mommy (aka "Wake Up"), Baa Baa Black Sheep, ABCs, Circle Game, and Jesus Loves Me.

"Sleepyhead Mommy" is our current car song obsession - we just have it on repeat and listen over and over. "Circle Games" is our bedtime obsession.

And the Mystery Reader is......

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Daddy!

Leo's class has a surprise "Mystery Reader" every Friday before lunch. Last week was Todd's turn. He had a great time, and Leo was thrilled, of course. He got to sit by Daddy while he read. I sent a book about a monster, which was a big hit. Afterwards, the kids got to ask Todd deep questions like..."What's your favorite Hot Wheel?"

Chef's Hat

I tried twice to crochet a hat for myself. I wasn't happy with it either time, so I gave up. These pictures are of the second attempt. I had to add a couple of rows to tighten it enough for my head, and it ended up looking like a Chef's Hat. Henry has had fun playing with it.


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100th Day of School

Today is Leo's 100th day of school. They make a big deal of this in Kindergarten since they count every day during calendar time...count by 10s, etc. He had to dress up as a "100 Year Old Person" for school today.

While we're showing you our costume, we thought we'd show our new pets, too. Leo really wants a pet, but I just can't take anything else that has to be fed or cleaned up after right now. So...we now have a menagerie of low maintenance pets...

The Ant Farm. This farm is pretty cool - you can plug it in and lights shine up through it and you can really see the ants at work. We ordered Harvester Ants b/c they have big mandibles and you can see them carrying the gel up to the top as they make the tunnels.

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"Sea Monkeys" (aka, Brine Shrimp)We thought these had all died for awhile, but they're alive and well. We think they're reproducing, so they must be very happy here.

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This is our newest acquisition. Gran found these "triops." We just put the eggs in this morning, so I'll have to report back on their progress. The teabag thing in the corner is a water conditioner. The packaging says they will have three eyes - can't wait to see.

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The back of our little old man.

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