Valentine's Day

I remember always loving the classroom parties for Valentine's Day. It was always one of my favorite little celebration days at school! This year, Hailey was really excited about it, too! She had so much fun getting things ready, and addressing her valentine's for her friends in her class!

And, we made her collection box together. Well, we started out making it together...then, I had to finish it up. But, it turned out great! I think I might save it for next year! They had pink ice cream floats! Vanilla ice cream with cherry 7-up. All of the kids loved them! Here, Hailey and her friend Maddie are doing "cheers" with their floats! So funny!Hailey was so excited to look through all of her goodies from her classmates!
We ended the day with Daddy bringing home some take out from one of favorite restaurants, Jim-n-Nicks! Yum!

Hailey's 100th day of school!

Hailey had her 100th day of school on February 10th. They celebrated at school by doing some fun activities! They made necklaces out of 100 fruit loops. They added 100 spots to a Dalmatian on paper. They made 100 day glasses, with the 0's being the eye holes. They had snacks made up of 10 different groups of 10 to make 100. Things like gummi bears, goldfish, chocolate chips, cheerios, skittles, m&m's, etc...

Even though I volunteered in the classroom that day, I completely forgot to bring my camera! BOO!

They all had to make a project with 100 things. Hailey made a butterfly out of 100 colored buttons.

I can't believe that we are on the downhill slide of kindergarten! The time is flying by!

a couple of interior updates

We finally replaced the hanging chandelier on the stair landing. I ordered the matching, smaller, chandelier (that goes with my dining one) a while ago. Tony got it hung for me a few weeks ago! What an improvement!

(If anyone needs any brushed nickel lighting fixtures, let me know!) Also, we have a new TV stand and hutch! It was kind of tricky finding an entertainment furniture piece to house the big ol' TV Tony had to have when we first moved in! A couple of things that I had wanted were just a bit too small. We got this back in October, and I love it! Yay for not having to have our TV on that console table anymore!
Now, if I could just get Tony to let me order the chair that I have been coveting... :)

who can say "no" to this?

Not that they needed more fruit snacks ('cause last time I checked there was a whole cabinet full at my parents house!), but who can say "no" to this adorable little man?

Needless to say, the other day at Costco, my parents put these in their basket after this!

(now, if only that worked for me...)

Super Bowl

As some of you know, my brother in law Nik is a native of the cheese head state- Wisconsin. I normally like to give him a hard time about following the Packers, and even like to call them "the Slackers" on occasion. But, when the Packers made it to the Super Bowl, I decided to root for them (even though it's against my religion!) for 3 reasons.

1. Because I really dislike the Steelers quarterback... Ben Worthlessberger (that's what I like to call him!), and I didn't want to see him get another Super Bowl ring!

2. Because Nik is part of the family, and since our Broncos sucked this year, I guess the Packers weren't a bad choice for a back up team...

3. (the most important reason for me!) This little man! Who couldn't root for the team that this adorable little dude was sporting the jersey of?

Hailey was helping Tory cheer on the Packers! It was so cute!

Tory gets all excited and yells "Go! GO! GO!"

It was a little more exciting to watch the game with someone that actually had a team in the bowl! And, as much as I hate to admit it, it was pretty neat that Nik's team actually won the game!

February Fun!

We met up with our friends this past weekend for dinner and bowling. We hadn't seen Curtis, Amanda, and Maddie for a almost 5 months.

We always enjoy their company, and had a great time with them! {I have no idea where Hailey gets this hands-on-her-hips pose...look familiar to anyone? ;) }

Hailey took this picture herself, with her outstretched arm..I was surprised how well it turned out!

As you can tell from the final score, I actually won! I am pretty sure that is the first time that has ever happened because I am normally a terrible bowler! Yay me!

It was so nice to get out and have some fun with our friends!

Something I think is not so fun??

This!!

All of this snow, cold and ice has me desperately trying to beat the winter blues. This has been one of the coldest winters I can really remember. It really has me wishing that I was somewhere warm and tropical!

January catch up!

Boy, January really got away from me! I can't believe that it is February already! We didn't have a lot of super exciting things going on in January, but I have a few things to post about...

We celebrated Tony's 32nd birthday. Hailey and I made him a cake after she got out of school. She picked out a yellow cake with rainbow chip frosting, and chose the candles to go on top as well!

Her favorite part is always tasting the batter!Hailey had her fist sleepover a couple of weeks ago. Her friend Kendyll (she lives around the corner from us) spent the night at our house. We ordered pizza...

made ice cream sundaes...

and, set up the tent in Hailey's playroom!

The girls had so much fun together!

The next morning we got up and make heart shaped pancakes, and Mickey Mouse pancakes. (they wanted both!) :)

We also enjoyed some mother daughter pedicures with Kendyll and her mom, Lauren! This was Hailey's first "real" pedicure. (She normally just gets her nails painted). She seemed to love the extra pampering...I think I am in trouble now! I don't know if she will want to go back to just the nail painting now. I like the cost of that much better!

The other day, we had such nice weather, we decided to take the kids to the park. We picked Hailey up from school, grabbed some lunch and headed out. All of the kids had so much fun after being cooped up for the last couple of months of winter! It was so nice to be out and soaking in some sunshine!