Valentine Randomness

I can't believe we're cruising right into mid February already. Where did January go? It used to seem that January felt like such a long month but I'm starting to realize there aren't any long months when you have four crazy kids to keep up with. Time flies no matter what! The highlight of this month so far happened last weekend when Rock took the three girls to the annual Father/Daughter dance our little town puts on. The girls look forward to this all year long and this year Lil' Miss Josie Kate got to join in the fun. Rock said she was such a trooper and did her best to keep up with the big girls.

Daddy and his girls before the dance. I didn't manage one good picture, hopefully Grandma got a good one since that's the camera they seem to be looking at anyway.

 The girls with a couple of their best friends.

In addition to dancing, we've been doing a Valentine craft or two around here. A new favorite is the heart tree. Millie and I just loved the Thanksgiving tree so much we thought why not a heart one for Valentine's. So we painted ourselves a new tree and voila.....

........the heart tree. A spot to leave love notes for one another.

 I love this note Millie dictated for me the other night. Love that she gets the lessons taught are only to help her. Smart cookie that girl is! And with all the class parties quickly approaching we had some Valentines to create copy. I really love crafting our Valentines but I'm not the most creative. Luckily there are some very talented women out there willing to share their creativeness and free printables with the rest of us. So after a little scouring of the blog world I found these fun printables for Amelia. Two things I love about these ones. 1. The treat doesn't contain sugar 2. She used the word friend instead of having mushy, gooshy, lovey, dovey sayings. Perfect for preschool. If you're still looking for Valentines or just want to file these away for next year I found them here . Just warning you though...you may be there awhile.

 Millie organizing her treasures for the big party tomorrow. Not only will she be celebrating her Valentine party at preschool  but since she is a Valentine baby we're also bringing the special treat...chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting. However, hers will be the one without frosting. funny girl. And just in case you thought I had a problem with sugary Valentines. Check out Maggies......

I found the link for these adorable printable stickers on the same blog. But you can go directly there from here. The intention was to put the stickers on fresh fruit but since I can't see a bunch of 4th graders getting too excited about apples and bananas in their Valentine boxes we opted for the slighly less healthy version...Runts. Mag's party isn't until Monday but of course hers are already done and ready to go. She's a bit like her dad.

And the most exciting news of the month! Our February number.......

We are just so thankful for any movement at all as it's been a pretty slow couple months for referrals. We are praying for all those families traveling and waiting for the sweeties.