Valentine's Day 2017

Valentine's Day this year was a little bit CRAZY!! Sienna was under a severe thunderstorm warning which quickly turned into a tornado warning! The kids' school went into lockdown & all the classes in the portables, including Addy's, were brought inside. Luckily I was subbing that day so I was able to check on my kiddos. They both did great & after about 2 hours, the threat passed, school resumed and the kids were still able to have their class Valentine's parties.

At Addy's party, they made Valentine's cards

and played a Minute to Win It game of how many conversation hearts they could pick up with a straw in a minute.

And at Alex's party, they made ice cream sundaes

and heart shaped Cheerio bird feeders.

And before Valentine's Day, I had lots of fun making lots of Valentine hearts.
Including some for Alex's class,

some Minecraft creeper Valentine's

and I helped mom make these cute Choose Joy ones for church.

Valentine's Day Parties

The kids had their Valentine's Day parties on Friday, February 13th.
(Which was also Nick's birthday.)

During Alex's party, the kids made a cute heart craft.

And then they made homemade trail mix for their snack.

During Addy's party, the kids made a love bug craft.

And then had ice cream sundaes for their snack. Yum!

Both their classes passed out their Valentine's cards earlier in the day before the parties started.

But here are their card holders.

Alex wanted his to be Skylanders & INSISTED that it be a bag, not a box.

So we put Snapshop (he's a good guy) on one side.

And Kaos (he's evil) on the other.

 Addy, on the other hand, only had one request. That her box be an elephant!
I was a little puzzled over how we would pull this off, but then my crafty side took over & it was really quite easy. And it turned out adorable!

Both their box & bag were filled with cards & candy & little toys.

And not surprisingly, Alex someone dug right in as soon as we got home.

Lately...

I haven't done a lately post in awhile, so here's what we've been doing for the last couple of months...

Alex celebrated many firsts at school...

His first school Valentine's Day party.


His first 100th Day of School.
(Posing with the poster I helped him make. It has 100 stars on it.)

His first Western Day. 

And his first Moms & Muffins Day.

Addy attended 4 Girl Scout meetings,
a GS field trip to the bank,

a service project where she made cat toys & dog blankets for the Houston Humane Society

and a troop activity where she made a sit upon

and a poncho for camp.

We celebrated Nick's 38th birthday (with pizza & cookie cake & cheesecake... or with lots of food!)

St. Patrick's Day.

Down Syndrome Awareness Day

and Mother's Day!

We've been on lots of walks.

Which usually end up at the playground!

We went to Lone Star Bounce.

and to Orange Leaf

and swimming.

Well, the kids went swimming, the water is still too cold for me to get in!

I went to the Maroon 5 concert at the Rodeo

And Nick & I went to the Foreigner concert at the Woodlands.

Nick went to a practice round of the Masters with his friends!

And I went to a painting party with my mom & sisters.

Addy buried a time capsule (that was full of toys & washed up a week later when it rained.)

And Alex played dress up.

Which is one of his favorite things to do!

And that's what we've been doing.