Saturday, February 20, 2010

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... 

11 comments:

holly said...

you are so cool... alas, I have great desires, but nothing so far. Maybe I will be a cool grandmother?!

Todd and Melissa said...

Love it! The little hearts of rice are super cute and I'm sure your kiddos will remember them for a long time!

Michelle said...

You win for being the cool mom by far! Too cute! I'll have to do the heart shaped rice sometime!

MomMitchell said...

I'm sooo impressed, and yes, you are a cool mom!!! At least you cooked, we went out to dinner!! It's great being "OLD" see you soon, and thanks for being the host.

Blake and Holly said...

Cute idea Jules! I love the heart shaped rice for the haystacks! Very impressive! You are totally the COOL mom and always will be!

Cindy said...

IMPRESSIVE!!!! I LOVE it!! Great job Julie. Those sweeties know their loved.

Lori said...

Was Grady not invited? :-)

Tami Harris said...

You are totally a cool mom!! You could do that stuff for me too and I would think you are cool ALL the time.

Amanda B. said...

Julie-

Love the Valentine's festivities. What great ideas.

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for the princess games. Curtis brought them up to the hospital tonight and it perked Leah right up. There are no words to say how I really feel. It means so much to me that you and your girls would be thinking of how to help her. THANK YOU a million times over.

Love,

Amanda

Hyde Family said...

I'm confused? How are you not a cool mom??!! More like Super duper uber cool mom!! I'll steal this idea for next year...or give me a heads up for what you're going to do next!

Mitchell Family said...

way cute!! love it. announcing...you are officially, one of THOSE moms!!!

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