Thursday

Sorry about no post earlier, but, our internet was down all day! 

Fun times outside yesterday...

I got this toy out especially for this little girl and everyone else wanted the animals! 

What all sticks to this heart? 

They were all obsessed with little balls this morning, so I made a heart out of tag board like a basketball hoop and they were trying to have it go through it. 

the start of our valentine headbands 

who can get the ball in the heart?

 I love you to pieces! 

Someone is happy as a lark when she's by all the rest of the kiddos! 

Buddies:) 

stamping hearts 

sensory table fun

a little pre-valentine game! heart walk 

We even escaped outside for a few minutes! We went for a walk around the barn, I figured they could all use a little fresh air in their lungs!

everyone was so excited to be out they ran ahead of me! 

these 3 monkeys found a snow hill to climb! 

walking in the snow is hard work and exercise when your only 1!  

B: poppyseed muffin, banana; Allie- banana

L: chicken stir fry, pineapple; Allie- carrots

S: crackers

Tuesday

It looks like it rained hearts! 

Fun outside yesterday afternoon 

Smiley baby!

"What do you want?" I need to remember to pick up more of these waitress tickets, they are a great way to work on pre-writing! 

Ella loves to sit and watch everyone 

Making our hearts 

working on patterning 

Matching up numbers 

our heart trees 

our heart caterpillars 

Whooo's cute around here! 

Another game to work on our math skills 

B: peanut butter toast, banana; Allie- peaches
L: roast beef, mashed potatoes, peas, bread; Allie- peas
S: cheese, crackers, ham

Monday...

I think our snow days might just be over! But, that's ok with me-- I did see a 40* in the forecast for next week:) 

Sending our Valentine cards home today... the big kids version is above and the little kids version is below!

Heart puppies

The neighbor called this morning and asked if I wanted a couple tents that she would drop off on her way to town. Of course, I said yes! So, we have a few new tents to add to our rotation! 

From the bottom of my HEART to the tips of my toes... I LOVE YOU! 

B: cereal, banana; Allie- bananas
L: pizza hotdish, applesauce, green beans; Allie- green beans
S: green pepper strips, carrots

Valentine Parent Night Out

Friday night, we had a parent night out... here's a peak at what we did! 

Play "Minute to Win it"-- in 60 seconds, who could stack the conservation hearts the tallest? It was a lot trickier than I thought... you could only get so tall and then they would fall over. 

Levi said the heck with stacking them and sorted them by colors! 

We created love monsters with stickers from OTC. 

Another OTC craft, paper plate love monsters

 We had messages in balloons, that we needed to pop to see what the message said. it was a great activity to get out lots of energy!

This is probably one of my favorite pictures... what does a little boy do when he can't get his balloon to pop? Try to run over it with a balloon and then take the truck and sit on it on the balloon!

we decorated our Valentine boxes for next Friday 

these 2 kept very, very busy decorating their boxes. I think they  would still be adding things to it if I wouldn't have stopped them! 

a couple of the finished products 

painted Valentine sun catchers 

we colored our own Valentine window clings... found these at WalMart! 

Another OTC craft, love monsters 

After all the fun was had, we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and once it was over, all the parents arrived ... it was perfect timing!