Hearts, Parties, and Tiny Dancers

I say this all the time, but I love February!  One of my favorite things to do each month, is change out the dishes in the hutch - I love the red and white!

The red mailboxes always make their annual appearance on the 1st of February...

I tried a new thing this year - putting a heart on the kids door for every day in February leading up to Valentines Day... each heart says something I love about them....

Getting Valentines ready for school parties...

Jake loved using army men for his valentines- we found BIG army men guys at the dollar store!

Idea from HERE

Jake had his preschool Valentines party the day before the holiday.  Jake is such a character!  I love seeing this guy with his friends at school...

I had Claire with me- she wasn't the easiest to have at Jake's party, but she loved finding a little chair in the corner to lounge on and eat candy

Participating in a letter matching Valentine activity...

Handing out his valentines...

Becca started taking dance classes with some of her cute friends a few weeks ago - I picked up the girls when dance class was over and had them over for a little playdate afterwards...

We did a Valentine photo scavenger hunt - I just typed up a list of things they could find around the house and I had them use my phone to take pictures of each thing.  The girls took turns coloring in the hearts as they found each item...

The girls decided that "something huggable" is Natalie!  haha... so sweet...

As their prize for completing their scavenger hunt, they won cupcakes... I went to take a picture, and they gave me goofy kissy faces...