Valentine Day Kick-Off Party

The other day, I was browsing through some blogs to get ideas for Valentine's day. Well, as I was looking around, I got in the Valentine day spirit! So, in the afternoon, I decided to do some heart activities with Lex to kick-off this lovely holiday! First, I just cut a heart out of red construction paper, and then Lex took some pink tissue paper, ripped it into pieces, and then glued them on the heart. Then, Lex used some glitter to add sparkles to her heart. She loved this heart. It is hanging up in our house, and when Chris got home the day we made this, she said to him, "Daddy, I made this heart for you because I love you!" I love moments like those.

She loves to glue everything and anything these days

Squeezing the glitter glue was pretty hard for Lex, see how hard she is concentrating. It was a challenge for sure, which is a good thing.

The finished product. 

After completing the heart valentine, it was time for lunch. So, Lex made some English muffin heart pizzas. We make pizza a lot it seems, for Lexi loves to make it and eat it, yum! What I loved about this pizza this time, was that we used a whole wheat english muffin that contained 8 grams of fiber, fat-free mozarella cheese, homemade, low-sugar, low-sodium, low-fat marinara sauce, and turkey pepperonis. And, wouldn't you know, Lexi loved it, she didn't even know this pizza was good for her, and that makes me happy! Anyways, I digress, Lexi loves to cook with me, and she is a pro now when it comes to making pizza. She grabs her apron and her stool all by herself and helps out, just like a real chef. I am a proud mama!

Putting on the sauce

Spreading the sauce

Throwing on the cheese

Placing the heart-shaped pepperoni (She even helped me cut out the pepperonis)

Look how cute! 

Ready for the oven, Mom!

After being baked, yum-mo!

She first ate off all the cheese and then ate everything else. Why she always does this with pizza is beyond me, but she sure loves her cheese

One happy, proud, chef-in-training (This was her FIRST time eating an english muffin pizza, though)

Look at those Beautiful, Brown Eyes!

I am so happy to report that Christine's tear ducts are now open! Hallelujah! She had a sty in her eye not too long ago, that I took her into the doctor for, and no joke, about two days after that appointment, her sty went away and we have had no goop problems. It has been a whole week now of normalcy, so I think I am safe to say, her eyes are perfect and we no longer have to consider tubes or any of that terrible stuff I didn't want to decide on. Prayers really do get answered! Now, her beautiful, brown eyes are the focus of her beautiful face rather than red irritation and goop. Oh, joy!

Look at those eyes! So pretty!

if you can't tell a difference, just browse at the pics of her in the charger outfit and you will notice the redness is considerably less. And, if this picture were taken today, it would be completely red free!

Don't Break The Ice

Lexi is really into games all of the sudden. So, for Christmas, she got two preschool games. Don't Break the Ice, which is her favorite one, gets played all the time! Probably at least twice a day, if I had to guess. We play it a lot, let's just say that. Anyways, if you don't know, the object of the game is to chip away the ice cubes without making the polar bear fall down. Once the bear has fallen down, it is game over and you start again. Well, each game lasts a very short time in our household, because Lexi thinks it is hilarious when the bear fall down! After a while, she wanted to replace the bear with Jesse the cowgirl, and try not to make her fall down. Well, she inevitably fell and Lexi cracked up! Chris likes this game too and loves playing with Lex. Good times!

Look at her face, she is concentrating so hard before she takes the first whack!

Statue of Liberty Crown

Lexi's Grandma and Grandpa Glidewell got her this foam kit to make a personalized statue of liberty crown from New York. Well, on Sunday, Lexi grabbed it from the closet and insisted we make it. Lexi had a lot of fun making this crown. We were trying to explain to her what the statue of liberty is, but our efforts were in vain, because lexi just kept saying, "I am a princess!" Although this is very true, we realized we should save the history lesson for a time in the future. She wore it most of the night. Then, as we were taking pictures, Lexi said, "Wait mom.. (and then started putting the crown on Christine's head) and then said, "Take pictures of Christine because she is a princess too!" It was cute! Thanks Glidewells for this fun activity! We really enjoyed it!

I love Christine's face in the background. I don't know exactly why, but she looks so serious for some reason.

Just pretend it says, Christine.

Once There was a Snowman....

I cannot remember what day it was now, but on a day when Chris was on break from school and didn't have to go to work, he took Lexi outside to play in the snow. They had so much fun! Christine and I watched them out the sliding glass door. They did everything, from making snow angels, to having a snowball fight, then sledding, and THEN, they built a snowman. Why the head is larger than the body is beyond me, but these two were so proud of their creation. Lexi ran to the glass doors, and said in a rushed tone, "Mom, I need a carrot and scarf, hurry please, so dad can take my picture!" So, I handed her the items and she ran full speed to the snowman, wrapped the scarf around his neck, and placed the carrot nose in the proper spot that Chris pointed out to her. It was cute! Anyways, after they came in, she kept going to the glass doors and making sure the snowman was still there and that he was okay. The next morning was no exception. Well, by the afternoon, I was in changing Christine's diaper, when I heard Lexi just sobbing. So, I finished as quickly as I could and hurried to the living room to see what the matter was. She was kneeling by the glass doors, and crying in her hands. I said, "Lex, what is wrong?" She looked up at me with the saddest face and said, "Just look Mom!" (while pointing outside). I looked and the snowman had completely melted. The weather was especially warm that day and the sun was shining, and, well, the snowman was history! I told her it was okay, and when more snow came, we could build another snowman. Well, snow did not come for a while, but this week, there is now more snow. This morning when it was snowing, she looked at me and said, "Mom, we can build a new snowman now!" So, we definately need to do that soon! We just need to wait a little bit longer, though, because there is still not enough for a snowman. Anyways, here is the picture of Lex and Chris's original snowman.

Oh, she of course, named the snowman, Frosty!