Fudge Striped Cookies

Yep... I totally used to eat them the exact same way.... :)

Flash from the past - Mom used to buy these cookies for us when we were small. I loved them. I haven't bought them for the kids (what's wrong with me?)... I don't buy cookies often. Mom invited us to dinner and had these cookies as desert. It was cute to watch them enjoy them so much and see them eat them just like I used to...

Valentine's Day

...or, if you're Rachel, Happy Valentime's Day! (we love that!). The kids had a great day - they woke up to a sweet treat from their daddy and I. Noah and Rachel got paints, watercolor pads, and some Valentine peeps. Kate also recieved peeps and an aqua doodle pad (she loves to 'cubber'). Noah and Rachel both had parties at school and came home with containers filled with cards and candy. They were both so excited about their little love notes. :) We took the kids out to the park to enjoy the nice weather before we had to head to gymnastics. It was a beautiful day.

3D Glasses

She's such a little ham... always knows just what to do to make her mama go running for the camera... Couldn't resist putting these up here...

Cursive

Noah has been wanting to learn cursive since the summer months... We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a book to let him learn the basics because they hadn't started teaching it in his class yet. They just started learning how to make the letters in his class over the last couple of weeks. Look what he can do already!

Hide & Seek

She's hiding.... You can't see her if she has her eyes closed, right? ;)

I Love You

The kids love learning sign language of any kind... When Noah came home signing 'I Love You', Rachel was quick to want to learn also. She will flash me this sign often now when she isn't right next to me.

Love Notes

The kids all recieved mail on Friday -- Mom sent them each a valentine. So cute how excited they get by getting 'real' mail, from the mailbox... Love how happy it makes them. You can tell Rachel still wasn't feeling her best. She keeps telling me she had better be 'better' by Monday - Valentime's Day (in her own words). I love that girl. Doug and I also recieved some 'sweet' mail from Rachel - She mailed us a valentine that she made at school. So, so sweet.

Valentine Balloons

Balloons are so much fun - I have always loved balloons and so do the kids. Happiness today was $3 worth of Valentine's balloons from the Dollar Tree... We went in to check out goodies for treat bags for Rachel's class and while we were there Kate kept saying "Monkey!", "Monkey, Mommy!"... I wasn't really paying attention until she started saying it quite loudly... she was looking at the monkey balloons that were all over the store... We had to get a monkey, a 'beautiful' heart balloon that Rachel picked and a froggy balloon for Noah. So funny and so cute. When we got home after picking up Noah from school, they all three had fun playing with their balloons.... such happy faces. :)....and yes, that is Noah kissing his frog.....