February Fun :)

February had tons of fun for us...lots of it just our "everyday" routine, and I forget sometimes to blog about those sweet times, so here it is!

We had lots of fun celebrating Valentine's Day.  Ben fingerpainted a beautiful heart garland for us to hang in the breakfast room :)  The highlight of February 1 - 14 was waking up each morning to see what was in their Valentines mailboxes (made for less than $3 each!!).  I put a small piece of candy in them the first day, and quickly decided I didn't want to fight them wanting to eat it before breakfast (when we checked the "mail") every day!  So, from then on it was Dollar Store toys...the day I took a photo, it was a recorder for Ben and a clapper for Anna.

Ben had a Valentine's Day party at school, of course, and loved eating pizza and bringing cupcakes for the class.

It snowed several times last month, so we took a few "snow baths"....hey, anything to kill some time on those loooong, cold days when everything's closed due to weather, and we're stuck inside!!

Ben was excited to dress up for "Cowboy Day" at school!  His teacher Mrs. Linda loves him so much, and she really does FUN stuff with his class. 

Anna enjoyed fingerpainting with prunes, ha ha!!  At first when I gave them to her, she (of course) took a lick and made a face.  Ten minutes later, I look over and she practically has the bowl on her head licking all the prunes out!!  She really will eat most anything we give her, sweet girl!!!

Our precious babies ~ just hanging out watching cartoons!

My Sweetie Pie

Valentine's Day was on a Monday this year, and that is also the day we go to Kindermusik class. So, we got to take Valentines to all Ben's little buddies. We thought bubbles would be fun since there's not much candy-eating going on around this house (yet!)...
Then it was time for a little Valentine's Day gift from Mama and Daddy. Oh, the fun of opening a present!!

A new bath toy!! This cool thing has stackable pieces, and even has a battery and squirts out water....F-U-N!! Daddy's idea for a new "do":

One happy fella!! ***love him***

*** Love is in the Air!! ***

Last week, April and I had a BALL taking our babes to have their Valentines Day portraits made. Afterall, they ARE Sweethearts!! It was a task requiring monumental effort to get these two rested, fed, dressed and clean and to the mall at the same time of day. Whew! But it was so worth it...the pictures are adorable!

Ben and Sophia's First Valentine's Day

Ben only napped for one hour that morning (of course, on photo shoot day!), so he wasn't big into smiling. And, poor Sophia was sleepy and kept yawning...hee, hee!! They were troopers, though, and we got a few good shots, and had LOTS of good laughs :) Immediately after the shot above, Ben started bucking around on his hands and knees (since he's trying so hard to crawl lately), and there went little Sophia and her cute hat, flopping onto the floor while Ben tried to take off!

So, those are the "keepers". Here are the outtakes:

"Hey, Little Mama...come here, I gotta tell you something!"

"I love you, Sophia!" says Ben. "Hmph. I don't kiss on the first Valentine's Day!!" says Sophia.


And last, but not least....my cutie-pie giving us that precious grin!!!