"A Person's A Person No Matter How Small"

The first weekend in March, I helped host a baby shower at my house for my former boss/friend, Jena.  She and her husband are having a little boy named Max soon, and I am so excited for them.  We hosted a brunch with Jena's family and friends, and everything turned out pretty cute.  Jena is doing a Dr. Seuss theme in Max's nursery so we ran with that for the shower.  Below are some pics of the party.

Gift table

We had people bring books and leave a note inside for Max.

Yogurt parfaits

Mimosas

We served cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, fruit salsa, sausage ball, sausage pinwheels, breakfast casserole and muffins.

Emma and Maddie (Jena's daughter and step-daughter)

Jena looks so cute!

Gifts for baby Max

 

Picasso

A few Friday's ago, I was off work with surprisingly no plans so I registered Addie for an art class at our local Gymboree.  I didn't have a ton of expectations going in, and honestly just felt lukewarm about the experience.  Addie, however, LOVED it and asks to go to art class every time we drive down Dairy Ashford.  There was a mix of stay at home moms with their kids and a group of nanny's with their "kids"....most of which were weekly attenders.  They let the kids use cookie cutters with play-doh at the beginning, followed by two art projects (a paper bag made into a puppy and a duck complete with feathers) and story time.  Everything had a "D" theme for the day.  The class ended with the teacher giving each kid a stamp on each hand, each foot and even one on their belly which I found super odd.  Of course, the belly stamp lasted about 4 days despite my scrubbing.  Sheesh.  Below are a few pics of my sweet girl crafting (Lila snoozed in her car seat the entire class which actually worked out perfect).

Valentine's Day

Jason and I have never been huge Valentine's people, but having kids makes celebrating it pretty fun.  My parents came in town for the weekend to see the girls, and we had a great time hanging out.  We started the day with pink, heart-shaped pancakes followed by the girls opening their Vday treats and time spent playing at the park.  We had a great time just enjoying each others company. That evening, Jenn and Skaife joined us, and we all made homemade pizza for dinner.  It was a great day spent with my loves.

Addie let my mom give her pigtails, and she just looked sooooo precious.

I couldn't love her more

My precious girls in their matching dresses

Hangin with MiMi and Papaw

and.....we're done

On their way to the park

Valentine's Party

On Friday the 13th, Addie's class at school celebrated Valentine's Day.  They didn't have a designated time for a party but rather did festive activities throughout the day.  I was off from work, but I knew Addie would have so much fun with her friends so instead I joined her for a day of school.  I loved getting to see what they do all day and enjoyed getting to help with the Valentine's activities.  It was a fun day for both of us.

Addie put Valentine's bags together for each of her friends.  She was SOOO proud of them and carefully selected what bag would go to each friend.  I was in charge of providing cookies for the kids to decorate so Ad and I made big heart-shaped cookies.  She announced to me all week that those were her friends for the party.

Ready to head to school

Lila's class didn't have a party, but she looked so cute in her V-day garb.

Ad and her big buddy, Wyatt.

Addie and Harper

They made cute little hats during their morning craft time.

Rene's mom brought heart-shaped pizzas for the kids to have for lunch.

I snuck over to Lila's class throughout the day to check in on her as well.

She was happy as could be playing on the floor.

Hi Mom!!

The kids loved decorating the cookies

After cookie decorating, they all exchanged Valentines and put them in the bags they had made earlier in the week.  They were so cute and all so proud to hand them to each of their friends.

 

Story time

Headed out on a buggy ride

Snack time

 

I took the girls home around 3 before traffic got bad, and we played outside in the beautiful weather the rest of the day.  It was a perfectly festive day celebrating with my two little loves.