Happy Valentines Day

We had a little family Valentines party this year. I made dinner and we had strawberry smoothies with brownies while we made love bug party hats.

We played "hot or cold" with a hidden heart and we did a heart relay

We played "Heartbeat". Whenever the beat of the music stopped the kids had to freeze. Afterward we all sat in a circle told each other why we loved everyone. Anna's answer was a very confident statement of "a heart". We all hugged and kissed and the kids got a heart sucker in which Liam replied" Actually, I already have a tummy ache, so I'm going to save this until tommorrow".

Conversation

Conversation with Liam on a Sunday afternoon:
Liam- Mom, whenever I go to Mackayla's house we're always following Satan.
Mom- Well, what things do you do that are following Satan?
Liam- We always say Bumb, and Poo and we run away from Mackayla's Mom.

Potty training and the winter blahs

Anna and Liam celebrate Anna's graduation from diapers appropriately by wearing them in mockery on their heads.
This is how much of our post Christmas time has been spent. Hanging out in the house and getting crazy with what it holds.

While Liam has been occupying much of his time with school, homeowork and friends, Anna has been using her new Christmas Present to burn the spirit of dance into her soul. She looks like this most of the day and never stops dancing. Her eyes close and she is in another world entirely.

Christmas is still lingering in our house. Liam is hanging on to it hoping that the magic will last until next December. Playing 'Freeze-Dance' has been one of the most popular activities to get through the winter blahs. (Well, it's still a little blah for me because Liam refuses to dance to anything else but the children's Christmas CD you will hear as you watch)