Happy Valentines Day!!!

Just a little summary of what we did on Valentines Day.  Nothing too extravagant, but I know the kids felt like it was a fun and special day.

We started off the morning with pink pancakes and smoothies.  Then, it was time to get ready for their Valentines party at preschool.  They were so excited to bring their valentines to exchange with every one.  Here are a few pictures before they went to school.

When they got home from a fun day at preschool I left the presents I had bought for them on the doorstep.  I rang the doorbell and ran.  They loved the new bath robes that they each received.  Then it was dinner time.  I set the table all festive while the heart shaped pizza was cooking. As soon as daddy got home we ate pizza, strawberries, bread sticks, and soda.  

After dinner we went to Chuck E Cheese for family night.  All the kids got tokens and we had a great time playing all the games as a family.  It was definitely a fun day! 

December

Well, I seem to be at least a month behind lately, but here are some of the highlights from December.

December 1st started with the arrival of Elfie.  He is our elf from the North Pole that joined us last year.  He keeps a close eye on the kids and reports back to the North Pole each night.  He then reappears in the morning somewhere else in the house.  Every morning the kids couldn't wait to find where he had hidden that day.  On Christmas Eve, he returned to the North Pole until next December. :)

Then, we hosted the Schwebach Finger Food Fest at our house this year.  It was actually our first year to take part in it and it was great.  Lots of family, food, and fun.

We made our traditional gingerbread house.  No, I didn't make it from scratch, but the kids had fun decorating it for family night.


During Christmas break from school Lisa, Kristi, and our friend Tara took all of the kids to Boondocks where they played Rollerball.  It is a smaller version of bowling and it was so fun! Gotta love Sophie's bowling shoes(aka snow boots).  :)





Here are the kids Christmas Eve.  Can you tell how excited they are? 




Of course, we left cookies and milk for Santa!


Wow, the kids must have been good this year.  Santa sure spoiled them.

It didn't snow on Christmas Day, but it sure snowed the day after.  Dan and the kids had so much fun playing in the snow, having snowball fights, building a snow cave, building a snowman, and making snow angels.