My Valentines...

I'm trying to push my way through this horrendous winter by focusing on the next holiday which happens to be Valentine's Day. What a fun day to show some L-O-V-E! I decided that this year we would S-K-I-P the cheapo Valentine's for classmates and do something a little more fun! Not to mention I am totally bored and sick of being home bound during this nasty winter! What better than a little crafting project! ;-) Thanks to a combination of Pinterest and my own imagination, I came up with (what I think are) some super-cute Valentines!

The kids and I had a fun little snow photo-session for my Valentines idea! When I say fun, I mean I had to bribe Mya with money and Luke with ice cream. Oh and it ended with both kids crying! FUN FUN FUN! ;-) Happy Valentine's Day (early) to all my Blog Loves!

The kids' Valentines for their classmates. Cute??

Some pics from our little photo session:

And just a fun shot of our Valentine's Day mantle! <3 nbsp="" td="">

It's a heatwave....

When going through my pictures from 2013, I realized I had more pictures of other families than my own! With the convenience of our cell phone cameras, my "good"  camera just doesn't make an appearance very often. So when the kids begged to play outside today (37 degrees felt like a heatwave compared to our recent 10 degree days), I thought it was the perfect opportunity to snap some pics and not freeze to death! AND... I even got the little stinkers to stop and look at the camera a few times! 

A Little Over a Year....

These two pictures were taken a little over a year apart. I love to watch them grow.

 

Who's changed the most?

Busy Bee That's Me!

I've been a busy bee!

It's been a long time since I've hit the Pinterest site up for DIY ideas. I suppose I get a bit restless on these cold, gloomy days and search out things to keep me (and the kiddos) busy. I had lots of little odds and ends that I wanted to fix up but didn't have much $$$ to do it. Fortunately, in most cases all it took was a little fabric and ta-da it was much much cuter!  Unfortunately, I did ALL my projects in one day and am now "hunting" for more projects to do! ;-)

top row:
~An old chair with a ratty ole' leather seat just needed a little fabric with pizzazz to freshen it up!
~Not sure if I already posted this adorable letter frame I made for over Mya's bed with a CHEAP mirror from Ikea!   One of my favorite "accessories" in Mya's room!

middle row:
~Some cute pink polka dot fabric gave this "curb desk and chair" a new ultra adorbs girly look! That's right... I have NO shame in being a garbage picker!

bottom row:
~ I got this chalkboard idea from Pinterest. It is actually a large $24.99 frame from Ikea. You just chalkboard paint the backing board and you have a fabulous chalkboard. I think it's days of having my "positive" saying is limited. Mya is DYING to use it to color on with chalk!
~The middle picture took me almost a year to figure out.  I got this fabulous wooden frame at a sale I go to twice a year. The back of the frame is in pretty bad shape and the size of the frame is so odd that I couldn't get a picture printed to fit. I have been brainstorming for almost a year as to what to use it for. Tray? Frame? Mirror? I finally decided to cover a piece of foam board with some fabric for Luke's room. My initial thought was to put an "L" on it and hang over his bed. For now, I decided to hang some snapshots of our little guy on it! I'm kinda liking it this way for now!
~The last picture is my mini-me! Of course when Mommy is DIYing, Mya has to have a project to work on too!

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