February Phone Favorites

 January was dull and boring and I was in a funk and then February hit and BOOM! along came all of the energy and we had one busy and fun month! Here is a round up of our phone favorites. 

 Black and White Sunday? Why not?! I found another matchy match dress for E at Savers and I have been anxiously waiting to get the fam jam all coordinated. It doens't happen very often anymore so when it does I get pretty darn excited! 

 Story of my life. All day. Every day!

 Sprout is SUPER into his elephant. He snuggles with him during naps and at bedtime and he's his little buddy. 

 Our tornado strikes.... ALL DAY LONG! Sprout is by far my busiest baby. He is always going, never stopping and he likes to destroy! He goes from one room to the next creating turmoil and I come behind and pick it up, then seconds later he comes back creating more turmoil. I really don't mind. It's a fun stage and to be honest I usually just leave it until Daddy comes home. 

 Socks. We love to chew on socks.

 This kid is so fly! Dressed himself and requested the sunnies. He is HI-LARIOUS and I adore him!

 Sometimes things go wrong.... what a ding bat I am. 

 Squirrel -1 Jakob - 0. Round 2! This time we sealed the hole, but trapped the squirrel in the attic. so he had to open the hole and then reseal it for a third time. Crossing our fingers that we are finally done with THAT fiasco! 

 Kid loves Lemons.

 Someone got stuck!

 Duke and I headed out for a Mama son date night to watch Lexi play basketball. Duke loves Lexi and was cheering pretty avidly from the sidelines. If she'd miss he growl and say "Come ON!" Then Lexi got hurt and had a bloody nose. Duke was very concerned and kept asking if he could go give he a hug and told me I should "Fix the blood!" It was fun to watch Lexi and even funner chilling with my boy!

 Lexi's Brother Max drew a picture of fast and testimony this month. I thought it was super sweet and had to take a picture of it.

 E lost her front tooth about 20 minutes before her party. Mama tried the dental floss approach. I made a loop and then she said she didn't want to do it any more, so I told her I had to "take it off" when I really just slipped it on. Then I tugged, and she jumped, making the string slip, so I tugged again. She said it hurt a little bit, bet it wouldn't have if I would have tugged right the first time.

 Her reaction after seeing her gap tooth for the first time.

 These two. Love them!

This had me laughing out loud! Anyone else relate? And that's a wrap to February!?! Holy MARCH?!?! This month is going to fly by! We have a trip planned and a big surprise!!! Then Oma is coming and EASTER!!! Good golly. Let the fun continue!

Fun with Grammy

Grammy surprised the kids and flew in! I can name a few little people who were over the moon excited!! 

Pa sent some beautiful flower! Thanks Pa!!!

 While Mom was here Jakob went out of town for three days, and then there was a "ice storm" even though there wasn't and school was cancelled for four days. Let me tell you if I would have been alone I would have gone bat crap crazy! So thankful for Mom!!!

 

We also called Mom Lola. We read an article a while back about this man who grew up with a slave named Lola. Poor mom when she is here is so helpful cooking and cleaning and doing laundry. Never mind helping and playing with kids and sewing and creating masterpieces out of cake. She is amazing and I couldn't love her more! 

Grammy is super fun and let E chop potatoes. E loves being Gramma's helper.

Thanks for coming Mom. Thanks for your help and for being my bestie. Thanks for bringing love and joy and laughter and thank you for your words of wisdom and teaching me to be a better mother. We sure do love you!

My Little Pony Party

It's party time and we are so excited!!

This year E wanted to do a My Little Pony/ Unicorn Party. I was thinking more along the lines of pastels and glitter but E wanted bright vibrant colors and it turned out great. This party was especially fun because E planned the whole thing. It was fun letting her make choices. She made up a Pinterest board and she would pin things and say "Mom, I like this asssspect, but not this part." When did she grow up? She was so into planning this thing and it was a lot of fun!

We had some balloons up the path to our house. If I was going to skip any part of the decorations, it would have been the helium balloons. Not enough bang for the buck.

E decorated the mantel. I love all of her ponies on display. 

 Best part of the decor hands down was the balloon arch. It was super easy to do. I blew up 8 balloons in each color and using a need and string threaded them together. Then we tied a few strings to the main string and made it into an arch and simply taped it to the wall. So easy! 

E loved it as well! Inspiration here.

The pinata. Click here for a quick tutorial.I got the idea for this here.

 Craft table set up and ready to go.

 Last minute food prep.

 Creating our own Ponies. Inspiration here.

And making pony necklaces.

My favorite photo of the whole day!

Such pretty ponies!

Pictures just don't do these rainbow jello's justice. They were so beautiful! 

 Streamer wall turned out great! I have made many a streamer wall in my time and they always give a great punch!

Time for face paint.

And magic!

E was not excited about breaking the pinata. She said it was her least favorite part. She wanted to keep it forever. 

Still swooning over this cake! For the creative process click here.

And that's a wrap! It was a great birthday and the girls had a wonderful time! Happy birthday Peanut!!! You are so loved!!!!