Happy Valentine's Day

Saturday Picnic

It's one of those rare Saturdays for me where I'm off and we could spend the day together as a family. The weather was absolutely gorgeous today, 74 degrees, and we took advantage of it by going on a picnic by the lake.

I remember many times as a child my parents would go through the drive-thru to get a bucket of chicken just so that we could eat at the park. So, that's just what we did!

I had no idea that we would see so many ducks there...wish we had brought a loaf of bread with us. But we did save our rolls from the chicken meal and showed Ladybug how to throw the pieces and watch those quackers race for it.

She's now a good little quacker, herself!

Sometimes...

...I browse through my pictures and find one that takes my breath away.

This one did just that.

Ladybug Party

Remember when I mentioned I was obsessively planning a birthday party for a certain little Ladybug? The obsession continues and I can't seem to make it stop! I have googled the same Ladybug sites at least a dozen times looking at the same things that I found the first time. This being said, most of my shopping is complete but yet I'm still looking. (I'm pretty sure this is hereditary.)

I also had a wild hair to make chocolates from a $3 mold that I drove to downtown Dallas for. Ha, what was I thinking...check out my first attempt. These ladybugs lost their spots! I'm glad I decided to practice them first.




I can't wait to share all of the party details in a few weeks.

I'm headed back to the chocolate mold...only good thing about the practice runs is getting to eat the mistakes!

Is there a snow etiquette?

We sure did traipse our way through a couple of neighbors' yards this afternoon and I worried that we were committing a crime by making tracks in other people's snow.

But a little certain buglet did not want to come back inside...

...so, we kept on walking.

Little Teefers

Ladybug is obsessed with brushing her teeth every chance she gets. T and I have been really good about her routine at night and making sure she brushes before bed. But it seems like every time we go into or near the bathroom, no matter what time of day, she's pulling the stepstool up to the sink and stepping up saying, "teeth, teeth."

I oblige and get her brush loaded up with toothpaste and let her "brush"...patiently waiting for several minutes while mustering up the courage to pry the brush out of those little hands.

My girl has some very clean little teefers.

What is that out the window I see?

I see a snow day!

This is actually the worst I've seen the weather around here in years...everything is closed down. I don't ever remember a time when my store actually closed because of weather. Imagine my surprise when I got the call saying not to bother coming in. I couldn't do cartwheels fast enough!

So, what have Ladybug and I been doing today? We've been baking cookies, of course.





She's loves being in the kitchen when we're cooking. But she doesn't want to just stand around on the floor, she wants to be up so she can see exactly what is going on...

...and do a little taste test. This batch of cookies definitely passed the test!