3 Little Sweethearts! Happy Valentine's Day!

We've had so much fun with all of our Valentine's activities this last week. Here are some pixs of what my lil' Valentines have been up too!

Sisterly Love Our lil' cupcake
Writing our Valentine Cards
Decorating our Mailboxes, in Ava's case herself!

I saw this cute idea on tip junkie for making candy dipped marshmallows with sprinkles. The girls had a blast making these treats for their friends!

Finished Product! Yummy!

I saw another cute idea on a lil' girls hairdo blog. These are suppose to look like hearts in their hair. Not sure how much they look like hearts, but they look beautiful none the less. Isabella and Sofia were so excited to get these special doos for their Valentine's Party at school!

Bella

Sofia

The girls are ready for their Valentine's Day Party at school: with their cards, mailboxes, treats, & these darling skirts their Grandma Stosich made them!

Can you tell the were excited!

Sofia decorating cookies at her party!

Sofia and Hayden at their party!

Ava enjoying a marshmallows while at the girls parties

Bella handing out cards at her school party!

Isabella with the girls in her class!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Baby Can Ride a Bike With Two Wheels

Right after new years, Isabella mentioned one day when I get big I'll ride a bike with two wheels. All of a sudden it hit me that Isabella is 5 and I remember learning to ride a bike at 5. My brother Thomas taught me. I hadn't thought that maybe she's actually at the age to learn. You know I always keep my kids younger than they really are. They will always be my babies to me... So anyways, I told Hartman maybe we should teach her. It wasn't 10 minutes later Hartman had her training wheels off & out on the back patio teaching her. She was a little nervous & shaky, but I swear she learned in about 15 minutes. Once she got the hang of it, she wanted to go to the front on the street and show off her skills. She rode like she's ridden all of her life. I wanted to cry for some reason and felt like it was a fun milestone in her life. She immediately had to run next door & show her cousins. The funny thing was, Saylor (her older cousin by a year) hadn't had a desire to learn to ride without training wheels until she saw Bella. Then her mom & dad were out there teaching her & about 10 minutes later Saylor was riding too! Saylor & Isabella thought they were sooo cool! For about 1 week Isabella kept saying to me "are you so proud of me that I can ride a bike with two wheels?" We had to call all of our family so she could tell everyone! It was a fun day!

The training wheels are coming off! The fun begins! Bella is so excited!!!Look at that big smile Here we go!
Isabella and her Daddy! Look at my big girl! It's all over now!!!! I had to put this picture of Sofia posing for Aunt Nanette as usual! She got her scooter for Christmas along with her bike safety get-up! These two girls rule Chase Hallow St. for sure now!!! Isabella and her new "bike" partner in crime"

Daddy teaching Bella to ride her bike

Isabella riding by herself for the first time! January 2nd 2009

Happy Birthday Dad

We have the best Papa in the world! Thank you for spending so much time and attention on us! Happy Birthday Papa Larry!

Happy Birthday Dad, even though it was yesterday! Wish we could be there with you! This is a Brag Book of many of the girls memories with their Papa that we made for his birthday present!

Proclamation of the Family Book

A friend of mine created this beautiful Proclamation of the Family Templated Heritage Makers Book using her family's pictures, and for the text of the story used the actual proclamation. I thought it was so beautiful. So this is my next project! This actual template is a 13 x 11 legacy edition, but you could recreate it easily for any size! Thought I'd share a cool idea! For those of you who have a Heritage Makers Studio account you can even do this in Basic!