Our Valentine's Day-Week

Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays to celebrate with the kids...because let's face it, every holiday is better with kids:)

I kept our valentines simple this year.

Evan handed out Star Wars valentines.

Chloe's valentines were made using a free printable and a pack of pencils that we purchased at Target. You may remember them from a couple of years back.

Chloe and Evan both had Valentine's parties at school.

Here are a few pictures from Evan's class party.

Unfortunately, my phone's camera died on me and I forgot to grab the "good" camera, so I didn't get any pictures of Chloe's party:( My phone has now been replaced, so this momma will never be without a camera again!

Chris and I shipped the kids off to their grandparents' house for the weekend, so that we could enjoy a kid-free weekend and a date night. Chris gave me these Valentine's hydrangeas...so pretty!

The kids were worried that we wouldn't celebrate Valentine's Day with our special doughnut breakfast, since they would be with their grandparents, but I assured them that we we would have it. On Presidents' Day morning, we celebrated Valentine's Day...Krispy Kreme-style.

Doughnuts and milk make us very happy!

My sweeties picked out these valentines (and my favorite candy) for me while shopping with their Nana. Y'all really know your way to this momma's heart. (Thank you, Nana.)

I couldn't resist having a PJ photo shoot with my lovebugs in our living room.

Did you notice Chloe's new smile?:)

I had a great week with my loves. Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day

In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought that I'd share photos from a recent photo session with Ashley Dennis of Ashley Dennis Photography.

I hope that you enjoyed your day with your someone special, even if that special person was yourself:)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Images by Ashley Dennis Photography

North Pole Breakfast {2015}

If you haven't noticed already, there is no rhyme or reason to my posts over these last few days. I'm desperately trying to document our Christmas, so please bear with me.

Once again, we welcomed in the Christmas holidays and our favorite scout elves with our North Pole Breakfast celebration. We traveled to Texas to visit family during the week of Thanksgiving, so we got a late start and didn't have our breakfast until December 5th.

This year, I decided on a Peanuts-themed NPB. I drew my inspiration from the date that Evan and I had planned to watch "The Peanuts Movie." {Click here.}

Here were a few of the detail shots from our breakfast.

The kids always love waking up to our NPB, but they were especially excited to see our elves, Elfa and Tiger.

Elfa was waiting on the dining room table.

However, Tiger landed at the top of Evan's Auburn Christmas tree with a few new surprises for the tree!

I asked Tiger to land there every morning that he was with us, since he made such a great tree topper;)

Chloe and Evan read their letter from Elfa and Tiger. It went a little something like this, "...be kind, don't lie, don't whine, study hard...":)

Afterwards, the kids opened up their gifts. As usual, they got a Hallmark ornament and Christmas pj's. This year, I also got them Snoopy shirts to tie in with our theme:) This was the first year that they thought to question who gave them the gifts. In years past, if they thought the elves brought the gifts, I didn't correct them. There was no denying that the gifts were from me, especially since they recognized the wrapping paper and ribbon in my stash. The jig was finally up.

Then, it was time to dig in! And yes, I had my very own Peanuts shirt!

Apparently, no one in my home realized that the green pancakes were meant to resemble a Christmas tree...until I mentioned it later. Please tell me that you see it.

Evan's happy dance:)

There you have it, folks! Another successful NPB in the books!

2014 North Pole Breakfast
2013 North Pole Breakfast
2012 North Pole Breakfast

Aubie Claus 2015

Just sharing our 2015 Aubie Claus pictures...

 

War Eagle!!!

A Date with Little Miss to The Nutcracker Ballet

Chloe and I continued our annual tradition of watching the Montgomery Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker.

We made a quick detour to pick up the tickets, which I had left in my desk at work. I snapped this picture in the elevator of Chloe and myself.

 
After the performance, we attended the Sugar Plum Fairy party where Chloe got to meet several of the dancers. I usually purchase an ornament as a souvenir for Chloe, but she convinced me to purchase a Nutcracker instead. It ended up being a nice little prop in the pictures. 

We really enjoyed this year's performance. I think that it was the best one yet! I also enjoyed spending the afternoon with this little doll and having this special time together.