February Phone Favorites

February zoomed by. I swear there are only 15 days in a month, or at least that is how it feels to me! Here is a round up of our Phone Favs. 

One afternoon during nap time E got a bloody nose, which she decided to wipe all over the white curtains in her room. Not exactly sure what she was thinking, she did wipe all the blood on the back side so it wasn't very noticeable which I was thankful for but still... Mama was a bit upset! So as her punishment she had to clean off the blood with peroxide. It came off pretty easily and she was very thorough. 

My new currant craving. Turkey sausage and dill pickles! 

Some funny faces from Manny!

One afternoon I was cleaning the house and the kids were just on one. I sent them to their room to play and they were happily giggling away for about an hour with the door shut. It was time for naps and I opened the door to put them in bed and I found snow on the floor. Duke was naked holding onto the railing of his crib. They had ripped a very peed diaper apart and there was peed diaper innards from one end of the room to the other, covering E's bed, the closet and on the dresser. While it was a huge mess and the entire room smelled of urine I was thankful that it was only pee and not poo. So for the next 25 minutes I stripped beds, threw kids in the tub, vacuumed the floor (Leaving my vacuum to smell like pee too), moped and sanitized. Mama wasn't very impressed. 

Story time for Ellie.

Sometimes all three babies need you at the same time. Little brother wasn't very impressed with this community snuggle and kicked like crazy until everyone had gotten off of him!

Daddy and I had a morning meeting so he got to take E to school. She as so excited for Daddy to drop her off and it was fun for him to quickly meet E's teachers. 

You know your best friend is AWESOME when she comes over and mops your floor for you. 

On the hunt with Grammy! We LOVE 50% off Savers days!

Grammy taking Bear to the bus!

There was some contention at school regarding E and her friends. Everyone wants to play with E which makes my heart happy but it has caused some fighting. While E wasn't technically at fault we decided that she still needed to apologize to her teachers. She came home and wrote out letters, all of the words, by herself. It took quite a bit of time but she has been such a wonderful help in her class since then. I was very proud of her! 

February was awesome. We had such a blast and we had some life lessons not only for the kids but for Mama as well. I am really enjoying this stage of life with my kids and I double love being their Mama. I am grateful for wonderful children who really try their best to be good listeners and who work hard to make things better when they make mistakes. Now onto March. Daddy is going out of town, I have one more SOLID month before little man arrives and Oma is coming for Spring Break. I have a feeling the time has no intention of slowing down.

Let's Shop

 E had gotten some birthday money and she was super excited to spend it. So off to Target we went. She carefully looked up and down all of the isles, and continually asked how much everything was, comparing prices and making choices. After about 20 minutes she decided that she wanted and Moana doll and a Moana necklace to complete her costume that she had gotten at her party. 

 She was pretty excited when it came time to ring up her treasures. 

 The total came out to a little more than she had gotten for her birthday she she opened her purse up and used some of her saving to cover the rest. One nickle at a time. It was just the cutest!

 And here is our girl all dressed up in her costume and she couldn't love it more! 

We had such a wonderful Mama daughter day shopping, going out for lunch and Slurpee's, and spending some much needed time together! So grateful for this sweet girl! Happy Birthday my darling!

Peppa Pig Party

It's time to party!!! I started working on this party about a month ago. Peppa was a really easy character but I found it a bit difficult to really bring the theme to the party.  So I decided to go with simple touches here and there and I think it turned out well. 

 

 I made these little foam characters inspired by this link. They were insanely time consuming (about an hour and a half per pig) but I really loved how they turned out! 

 

These little guys sat at the front entry way table with the kids piggy ears and crafts. 

I saw these adorable pig ears on Etsy and I knew I could make them. They were super quick to stitch together and would have been even faster if I would have glued them. The kids really enjoyed them.

I ordered these little piggy banks on Amazon here. They were a huge hit, but more on that later!

To bring color to the room, I made some tissue pom poms and reused a few from previous parties. The little Peppa and George characters  are from Party City. They were cute but I wish they were a bit bigger. 

In the kitchen we had more pom poms over the table and a grass table cloth which I loved!!

The cake! I am so in love with it! For a more detailed look at the cake click here.

 For the food we had Piggy rolls, which were cute. Mom tried so hard to make them like what we saw on Pinterest, but they just weren't cooperating. I think they ended up looking just fine!

 Jello for our Duck Pond.

 Muddy Puddles, Curly Pig Tails (Curly fries), and Mr. Potato Fries.

Grampa Pig fruit and Veggies, and George's Dinosaurs. 

When the kids first arrived, we started out with crafts. They really got into decorating their piggies. I had sharpie markers for them to color on the piggies and then I provided gems to add some sparkle.

They were so focused!

Such beautiful Masterpieces!!

Then I painted their faces while they got some food.

Delicious!

Then we did some dancing and jumping in Muddy Puddles!

I really need to work on my facial expressions! Of course we did magic cupcake, but instead of cupcakes we made cookies this time. The kids always enjoy the magic. 

Tada!! 

Then it was Pinata time! I loved how Peppa turned out! She was just darling. (For the creative process click here.)

Duke was pretty excited for this part. I sure do love this little man, he was the lone man aside from Daddy at this party and he didn't seem to mind chilling with the ladies one bit!

Camryn's face was hilarious!

E has really gotten into Pinata's over the years. Way to go birthday girl!!

Then we made some balloons! 

Little brother had disappeared and was a bit too quiet. Daddy found him in our bed (pardon the disaster) in heaven munching away on all of the extra pinata candy. 

Presents.

Group Shot!

Our sweet little piggies!

Time for cake!

E and her flower that she made!

Happy Birthday my sweet girl! We are so blessed to call you ours and you bring so much love, laughter and joy into our home! You are so loved sweet girl!