Proof..

I have always wanted to be a "cool" mom who goes all out for every holiday, but I'm really not.  I do try a little, but not much effort goes into it and sometimes I even forget about the holiday (except Christmas) until the night before.  But this Valentine's Day was MUCH, MUCH BETTER!  I wanted to take pics for proof, but all I got was the dinner - which was very fun and cute with a little help from Spence. 

On Saturday night - we "Heart Attacked" the kids' doors.  We just cut out a bunch of hearts and put them all over their doors - again, not much effort and not very original, but they LOVED it!  On Valentine's Day, Spence got up and made heart-shaped pancakes, and they looked so cute (no pics because I was at choir practice and Spence doesn't think in blog terms).  Later, for dinner we decided to do Hawaiian Haystacks.  Now, I know you are wondering where the Valentine part of that is, but we took the rice (see pic) and put it

into a heart cookie cutter mold and voila - Heart Hawaiian Haystacks!  We also had sparkling PINK juice in fancy goblets and RED candles in heart-shaped votive holders!  We made heart sugar cookies with PINK frosting for dessert and they had a blast cutting out tiny, and huge hearts (again, no pics, but really can you blame me - we were busy with all this effort:)!

So, later on in life, or in a month or so, if they decide I am not very "cool" - I'm just going to whip out the old blog and show them what is what... 

My New Guilty Pleasure...

http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/

This is currently my new favorite website - I litterally laugh out loud when I read this every day - yes, I do read this every day and it is SO funny!  I know it might be mean to laugh at the celebrities, but really it is all about what the author says - she is so witty, and really, their clothes are usually a bit much.  Anyway, check it out and you might just get hooked too - (well, only if you really like Us Weekly and other celebrity mags and shows like me) - just keeping it real.....

For Cindy..

Grady found his cute little tie in a drawer the other day and decided he needed to wear it to church. He said "I have tie like Daddy". I had to actually go buy the white shirt to go with the tie since we tend to go a little less fancy to nursery. He looked SO dang cute in it and the girls just had to have a picture too - so there you go Cind - this one's for you....