Our Valentine Crafts

So I love to make crafts and I really try to choose something that my boys can help with. For Valentines this year I had them help with the decorations and we had a Great time. For starters the boys used all the sea shells that we collected and I glued them on hearts and then mounted them in a frame so that we have them to use every year!

Next I made lots of yarn pom-poms that I used for a garland and to hang from the light fixture. Next I Mod Podged letters with cute scrapbook paper. The boys got to help again with our Yarn Hearts that I saw in Disney’s Family Fun Magazine (Love this magazine). I used the yarn hearts in the garland and the light fixture. All in all I think our homemade Valentine decorations turned out really cute, and the boys were so proud of all the decorations that they were able to help with!

We also enjoyed a Yummy Spaghetti dinner since we were using yarn for our craft project!

The Finished Project

Random February Pictures

So Intrigued

Legos, Legos, Legos

 Home sick from daycare while mom

 

Happy Girl



Perfect Ratios



Yummy!

 Once there was a snowman

February Fun

We had a Great time playing in Park City

 

Swimming & Crafting

    

Keeping warm with a towel

Crafting

 Just hanging out

 

 

Time to play in the snow

 

 

 

 I Love my Life!



A New Start In 2011

So our 2011 got off to a CRAZY beginning calling Poison Control, yes that's right Poison Control. Parker & I had been in the laundry room spraying stains and when done I put the Spray-n-Wash on the Washer like I always do. I had just gone down the stairs to put something away and hear Chloe screaming. I run up the stairs to find Chloe's face covered in Spray-n-Wash and Parker standing against the wall holding the bottle just staring at Me.

First instinct is to wash her face and luckily that is what the back of the bottle also said to do. After calling Poison Control and waiting a few hours Steve & our neighbor gave Chloe a priesthood blessing. Steve then took Chloe to Primary Children's because her right eye was still not looking like it should. In the end Chloe is 100% back to normal and we are so grateful for that.

Some of my Thoughts and Goals for 2011

So as I have been thinking of what I am wanting to accomplish this year I have of course come up with several things. Now if I was to do everything I have thought of, I know for a surety that I would end up not doing most of them because I would end up over-whelming myself.
I have decided that this year I want to have a variety of goals that will enrich my life as a whole!

Live a Healthy Life in all aspects;
Physically, Mentally, Spiritually, & in all Relationships.

Prepare one new meal a week
(more if I get ambitious)

Keep our home neat & tidy (one of our family goals)

Patience

I love looking at all the fun ideas found on blogs so I thought it would be
fun to take some time and make a few of the cute things I have seen every month.

Gardening

I am so grateful for my family and know that 2011 is going to be a FANTASTIC year!!

Love This Quote

This is a wonderful portion of a quote that I feel represents me and I am guessing (hoping) other moms as well, if not Kudos to you.

I am just a regular girl.
A wife who loves her husband, but doesn’t always show it.
A mom who adores her babies, but runs out of patience.
A woman that starts projects then doesn't have the time to finish them.
A person so energized by being creative, but not without dry spells.
I am a homemaker who would rather rearrange furniture than dust it.
A mom that loves to cook, but has a hard time planing out meals.

I changed parts of it so it pertained to my thoughts as a mom and wife more.

Imagination

I love imagination!! Tyson loves to build things using anything that he can. Today he was building all kinds of things with the blocks from the game Bandu. This has by far been my favorite combination of buildings.

"Hey Mom check out these buildings."
"Those are cool what are they for"
"Well this one is a chocolate cookie factory, and this one is a gun factory."

What more do you need in a town besides chocolate cookies and guns?

Butter Poop!

Parker is definitely my little helper! He loves to "help" with laundry which usually means I end up re-folding after he has put it away. He loves to unload the dishwasher, vacuum, clean the table, chairs & floor.
Recently one of his favorite things to do is help me change Chloe's diaper. Today we were changing her and when I pulled down her diaper he says,

"Mom Chloe's poop looks like butter!"

I could not resist and asked if he thought it would be yummy? To that he replies,

"ewwwwww, no way Mom, you are freakin me out Mom, freak me out."