Valentine Treats

Before we start Show and Tell,  there are a few things I need to clear up!

First, I DO NOT make my own bread dough! We buy Rhodes Frozen Roll Dough (or similar off-brand) and just un-thaw a few rolls when we need them. We use it to make hamburger buns, breadsticks, and the kids LOVE to make their own mini pizzas.  Sorry for any confusion about me being Mother of the Year/THE Domestic Diva! *giggle*

Second, I DID NOT design the kids' valentines. I purchased a digital kit at Heather Ann Designs. It is called "Love Bird Treat Set." It came with treat toppers, candy bar wrappers, rolo wrappers, lolli-pop covers, treat boxes, cards and valentines. Pretty much all you have to do is print them out.  For the boys,  I  resized the treat topper to 4x6 in PhotoShopElements and added their picture. Then I had them printed at WalMart. Lily REFUSED to allow me to add her photo to her treats so this is what her's looked like:

The clear bags are 4"x6" and I got them at a local craft store. I folded the photos in half and stapled them to the treat bags. Easy Peasy!

About 80 completed treat bags.

For the teachers, I printed out candy bar wrappers and rolo wrappers on 8.5x11 photo paper.

Have a Great Weekend!!

TYVM - 2/11/10

Oh Yeah! It's FREE Therapy Day courtesy of Kmama at The Daily Dribbles!

To myself, for accidentally forgetting to unthaw the dough to make hamburger buns! Forcing me to order pizza instead of making hamburgers for dinner, Thank You Very Much! Not only did I not have to cook, because I made the kids use napkins for plates, I didn't have to do dishes! Love ya Forgetful Brain!

To my Smarter Than Me Children, Thank You Very Much for coming up with new and interesting ways to get out of eating your dinner. The other night, DaddyO caught Bailey trying to leave the table looking like this:

Sir? I know your older sister taught you this and I'm sure it has worked for you in the past, but we don't think it's funny to cram as much food as you can in to your mouth and then go spit it out in the toilet! (actually DaddyO and I both think that is hilarious) Please don't start hiding napkins full of food in the cupboards, like your sister does, Thank You Very Much!

Wordless Wednesday - Don't Blink

Yesterday:

Today:

Is it Wrong........

to send 6 year old boys to school with these valentine's?

With all the pink and red and rick rack?

There WILL be a bag of candy attached to it!

I DID ask the boys if these were acceptable and they both agreed that they were!

Sick AND Tired

I have officially crossed cold AND flu off my Winter To Do list! I am over all this sickiness! (as Ashton would say)
I scanned through my blog list yesterday and passed out from exhaustion! I know you've all been missing me and have been worried sick about where I have been! Right?
Ahem!
Tomorrow is a full day of soccer, so my goal is to visit all my bloggy friends on Sunday!

It's that time of year, and today I attempted to get some Valentine pictures of Miss Daisy. Same story, different day!

I tried to get her to sit on her rocking horse. She gave me a piece of her mind. It was not a cooperative piece! Maybe she doesn't like it when I make her wear a name-tag on her forehead?

I asked her to sit in the rocking chair and have a little tea party. She DID enjoy some tea but she DID NOT sit still!

I got a lot of shots that look like this!

Then she refused to stay in front of my hi-tech photo back-drop (a black sheet draped over her crib)

And finally, SHE HAD HAD ENOUGH!

She yelled and pointed an angry finger at me. And finished by telling me what I could do with that tea cup!

Wordless Wednesday - From the Tree to my Breakfast

True Story Tuesday - I'm Goin' Down Again!

You all did so well imagining my face plant last week that I decided you were ready to appropriately imagine the following clumsy moment. I HAVE been very fortunate that these embarrassing incidents have only been witnessed by babies who can not relay the comedic situations I find myself in!

Many years ago, in a garage far far away.........................

I was simply attempting to enter my Mother's house. I was wearing ridiculous flip flops that had a huge flower on the top and I was carrying a 1 year old Lily.

All I had to do was make it up 6 cement stairs!

I managed to step up 2 stairs, but the stupid flip flop did not clear the third step. (I completely blame the flip flops!)

I started going down!

I was holding Lily in my right arm.

The hand rail was on the right side of the stairs!

I held out my left arm/hand in an attempt to break my fall.

My hand smacked the door but it was not closed!

The door FLEW open and I continued my decent.

I landed on the rug just inside the door.

Upon hitting the rug (on my stomach), all of my forward motion transferred to the rug and we slid across the laundry room floor and crashed in to the dog's food and water bowls!!!!!!!!!!!! (can you imagine a Tom&Jerry cartoon?)

I got up and checked to make sure I hadn't broken any of Lily's bones. She just looked at me with big wide eyes! During the entire downward trip, I managed to hold her up and kept her from even touching the ground!

OK everybody! Head on over to Once Upon a Miracle for more true stories!

Here are some pics of Miss Lily when she was about 18 months old.

Coincidentally, all of these pictures were taken at my Mother's house!