Did somebody say chocolate?

Well I think I may have found a new favorite thing to make. You see, Hobby Lobby is one of my absolute favorite stores and I always go down the cake/baking isle but never turn my eyes to the candy side. Well yesterday, I turned my eyes and I got a couple of valentine heart molds and this way cool squeeze bottle that you put the chocolate in to melt and fill the molds. Ok, sooooo easy and the results are sooooo cute! I love this and will be going back to try the flavored chocolate chips as well as some other molds. These are cheap, easy and make cute favors!

Snow Daze

Love is in the Air

The girls got to go enjoy a fun time at the Daddy/Daughter Dance. They were excited to get new dresses and also dresses for their American Girl Dolls. They wore corsages with painted fingernails. They had pink cookies, punch and chocolate kisses. There was lots of dancing and music. Wonderful memories were made with their daddy!

Snow day #2

So here we are day 2 stuck inside. Here's the list of activities for today.

Family Exercise Hour to Fit Moms DVD
45 minutes of Ping Pong Game (see below for explanation)
Craft Time (magazine collages)
Move Time (Shrek Forever)
Beauty Salon (put girls hair in dreadlocks,pics to come!)
Valentine Bingo
Spelling Practice/Reading Time
Make a tent in girls' room to keep them busy for maybe 10 minutes
Family Worship/Prayer Time (hopefully will have music by Dad, a devo, and prayer time)

As the day progresses the volume seems to go up and up in here. Looking forward to the melting of the ice. Not enough snow this go around to play in, plus it's way too cold!

Ok, so for those of you interested in Ping Pong Game here it is. You take as many ping pong balls as you desire and write different chores on each one with a sharpie. They might be things like wash dishes, vacuum, empty trash cans, feed the animals, pick up toys, fold clothes, etc. Everyone chooses a ball and does that, as soon as that task is complete they draw another ball. The point of the game is to get the most ping pong balls and that person is the winner! The girls love it because it's a competition.

Snow Day!

Ok, very quickly this morning I realize that we are going to have to make this "snow day" very structured or else this house will close in on us very fast. So, while taking my shower this morning my mind was racing with ideas. And these are the activites I've come up with for today and possibly tomorrow.

ART: Decorate Valentine Mailboxes
LANGUAGE ARTS: Make Valentine Cards
HOME ECONOMICS AND MATH/SCIENCE: Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
SPELLING: Play Scrabble Junior
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Play Hide & Seek
READING: Individual reading time
BIBLE: Write letters to our sister Karla in Nicaragua
REST TIME: Movie & Popcorn
GAME TIME: Valentine Bingo

It's the teacher in me wanting to keep things organized and structured. I figure we'll have fun and still learn too.