Valentine's 2017

We had some fun for Valentine's Day this year.  We made and decorated heart shaped cookies, had treats set out for Valentine's Day morning, and event got a date in.  I'd been so busy with Festive Favors, I'm shocked I was able to extra things for my kids.  

Bennett had been asking for a heart shaped box of candy.  He was so excited!

Not awake yet.

Sweet little valentine.  I made some heart shaped muffins that we NOT delicious.

DADS club date with Dad at School

Love this! They came home with SO MUCH stuff!  One of them even came home with a festive favor I had made! :)

Mom offered to keep the kids while we went on a date.  We had no plans and weren't expecting it, but when Mom says she wants to keep the kids you speed out of the driveway faster than the speed of light.  We drove around and then settled on Frank's, our favorite.  We split a salad, appetizer and dessert.  This is our 14th Valentine's Day together!

Henry is 5 1/2!

Everyone gets to celebrate their birthday at St. Paul's!  Henry's birthday is August 11th and they aren't in school at that time.  Last year his teacher celebrated it in April and poor Henry was confused all the way until August just wishing and hoping he was 5.  This year I decided to stop that confusion by celebrating his half birthday.  Neil thought that this was surely the weirdest thing he had ever heard!  I did it to stop the confusion and it worked!  He knows he is 5 1/2 and not 6!  Yay!

Henry got to be the leader and carry the flag!

I got him donuts for his birthday treat that spelled out HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY HENRY.  These came all the way from Ruston and were such a special treat.  The Boyds brought them to Shreveport for me.  So sweet of them!  Getting all of us and the donuts to the school made me leave the house without the plates and napkins! UGH!  Thanks to Mrs. Gae for coming through for me!

Ready for birthday chapel

One of my friends came by and snapped this one for us!

Cutie!

Henry got to choose the prayer we said before the birthday snack.

SK LOVES a birthday celebration and she felt so big getting to sit next to Henry at his big boy table.

Ms. Rogers gave Henry his 5 1/2 birthday hugs!

On Safari {2nd grade program}

Bennett's music teacher does a fabulous job with the little programs each grade does for the school.  Our 2nd grade program was no different.  The title was On Safari and it was ADORABLE!  The moms all get together to decorate the stage before and we are always pretty impressed with ourselves! :)

Bennett was a "selfie tourist."  He had a few lines and even used a selfie stick.  He did great!  We were so proud!

Getting ready for his part

SK liked the program, but was made quiet by using my phone.

We went to Don Juanz for an after party!

Winter Fun

So glad we were able to have our January birthday dinner at El Cabo Verde

January birthday girls!

Beauty Queen was being really quiet in the cart at Target.  I looked up and she had been using my lipstick!

Henry took his Kindergarten test.  We find out 2 months later if he got in to Fairfield.  We bribed him with a trip to Chuck E Cheese if he tired his best.  I am nervous.  It will just make life so much easier if we can be at 2 schools instead of 3!

Henry loved it!

Pops came by to play.

Yay!

Bennett and Henry were wrestling because that is what they do 24/7. We didn't know anything was wrong until he crawled to our bedroom the next morning.  Things went a little too far and a little bone in his foot was broken.  He was put in a boot for 4 weeks!

Sweet boy.

Thanks for the cute dolly and personalized jammies, Red Truck Designs!

Henry used this scooter as a little wheelchair.

Mudbugs game!

Rocking his boot!

January Random

Birthday lunch with Erinn and Ashleigh

Starbucks date with my biggest boy before school one day.  

Henry was Zacchaeus.  We went to chapel with Henry one day and it just happened to be the day that he was asked to be Zacchaeus.  He was excited to be Zacchaeus, the wee little man.  As I was watching this scene unfold I was brought to tears.  All of the tall children were asked to come to the front so that Zacchaeus couldn't see over them.  Henry was so proud to be Zacchaeus so of course I didn't say anything!  It was hard to watch my small guy barely be able to see over a child younger than him especially since we are being seen for short stature by a pediatric endocrinologist.  I called Amy after and she was outraged! ha!

Amy said you should specifically select a smaller child for a bigger person part just like you wouldn't want to choose a black child to play the part of a slave.  I guess you live and learn.

He climbed up in a sycamore tree to see what he could see!

He was so proud when "Jesus" called him down from that tree!