Valentine's Day Party

I know. I know. I'm a little late, but I've got a very good excuse. I've been sick for the last 2 weeks with a horrible sinus infection/ tonsillitis. Finally after 3 different antibiotics, I feel human again.

These pictures are from Madeleine's school V-day party. My mom, Granny, came with us. I thought this was an awesome picture of the two of them.




You can see in the photo above M's birdhouse valentine box she made. Everyone else in her class just decorated a plain old box. Hers was the best! (I know, I'm biased!)

Food Critic

I have a food critic living in my house. Katie seems to have become our little foodie. She will try just about anything and has definite opinions on what she's tried.

I took the girls to McDonalds this morning for breakfast because the Mr and his Bro left to go fishing bright and early. Madeleine LOVES the burritos but Katie has never tried them. This morning, she asked M if she could try it. She took a bite. Chewed. Swallowed. Thought for a moment. Then said with a very serious look on her face..."Hmmm. A tad spicy. Goes down easy. But I like it!"

Last week, I made Chicken Cordon Bleu. Katie wrinkled up her nose and said "YUCK!!" while I was preparing it. When it was done, she tried it and exclaimed..."YUMMY! It's like it's got a surprise inside!"

I've got to quit letting her watch Iron Chef!

For all you potato lovers!

Someone sent me this link today and it's quite amazing. Women all over the world are going to throw out their potato peelers!

Take a look...Idaho Potato

So Excited!

I'm going to be teaching several classes with the Pearland Parks and Recreation this summer. My summer classes are several scrapbook related classes, one for mom's, one for senior citizens and one from "tweens". I'm also teaching a fun baggie science class for kids 6-8.

In the fall, I'll be taking over all of their pre-school classes and developing a few more. We are also looking at targeting the homeschool families in our area. The veteran teacher, who has been there for years and I are working on developing some classes that will work together.

I'm really excited, and so are the girls. They get to come with me this summer and be my "assistants!" We'll see how that goes!

Anyone got a straw?

Madeleine lost a tooth today.

Another School Project

This past week, M was to create a box for her Valentines to go into. She and K were discussing it at breakfast the other morning. I started throwing out ideas...mail truck, big heart, a butterfly. K said ,"How about a birdhouse?" M loved the idea. So, we began planning. M decided that a cracker box would be perfect for the base M picked out some cute paper from my stash and then Mod Poged it on her cracker box.

The next order of business was meeting with our resident engineer to design a roof. Once a design was agreed upon, M painted the supports and roof.

After a few embellishments, Madeleine's finished Birdhouse Valentine box.

Cuteness

Just some random cuteness from the last few weeks.