March's Theme!

March is Top of the Morning Thursday!

{courtesy of Elise's brilliant mind}

Decorations from the party store have been bought and I am excited to go back home after the big wedding to deck out everything in green.

Dinner's will consist of breakfast items and of course green dye. 

This week we will feast on green pancakes and I think I will try to make these Clover Cupcakes. 

Our activity will consist of making these fun buttons from Martha Stewart found here. You can always count on Martha to have a fun idea! 

MIA! Love Activity for This Week

Sorry I have been missing in action! My brother is getting married and I took a journey across many lands to arrive at my parent's home. I do have pictures from Valentines which I will share soon.


This week's Twitterpated Tuesday didn't happen with all the craziness surrounding us.... however, today we are working on our "Love Chain." Each of the kids (mine and their cousins) will color what they love and we will make a chain garland to hang around my parent's home. I can't wait to see what the three and two year come up with! Pictures coming soon!

Plans for March are in the works!

Ahhhh.... Love Day

Tomorrow is the big day! Yes, we are celebrating Twitterpated Tuesday on Love Monday.

I am so excited!

The day will start off with pancake hearts, I am going to try to die the batter red. I also bought red helium balloons and attached them to the chairs. We are decked out in hearts and red!

During the day, we are going to start our "Grateful Book". I really want to teach my children to be grateful for what they have, so a few times a week, we will write what we are thankful for and Logan will draw and color a picture. Once I have the template made, I will share! 


The big evening involves a dinner with our ward missionaries. They have no idea what they are in for. A salad with strawberries and a yummy vinaigrette, roasted potatoes, twice baked Parmesan Chicken, our favorite desert AND I am going to attempt some Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting. Two deserts in one night! We are going to be on a sugar high!


Each guest at our Valentines Dinner is receiving a small bag filled with a little surprise. I found my bags at Target and the surprises include a little stuffed bear for Hannah and a Toy Story chocolate heart and Pez dispenser for Logan. I can't include Curtis's because he reads this. :) The missionaries will get a few sweet treats. 

{My new goal is to celebrate all these holidays without all these sugary treats!}

After dinner and the departing of the missionaries, we are going to play Valentine Bingo. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE My Heart and Home blog. I get so many of my games from there. The Bingo above is for preschoolers but they also have a fun, regular Be Mine Bingo. I also saved these to my computer for next year.


I hope everyone has a splendid Valentines! Curtis bought us {from one of those buy me today for cheap sites} a cooking lesson at home from a chef. That will be interesting! 

Happy Valentines Day!

Twitterpated Tuesday #2 Recap!

Our 2nd Twitterpated Tuesday was another success!

 We ate yummy pizza and salad. It's easy to make a red drink by combining Ginger Ale and Cranberry Juice. To add a little red to salad, add strawberries. Yum. {Elise made the pizza, so I cannot take credit for it.} 

Logan loved the scavenger hunt. We searched our home high and low and finally found the heart bowl of M&M's. Next time, I am going to make it longer and better! I included how we can demonstrate love on each slip. For example, "You can show love by giving hugs and kisses. You can show love by being obedient. You can show love by sharing your toys." 

 The desert was literally heaven on earth. While shoveling into our mouths, all we heard was, "This is delicious. I need a second piece. This is soooo good." The recipe is here. You have to make it!

And we can't leave out the babies. The little girl belongs to me and the darling little boys belongs to Elise and Lowell. Hannah tends to have dinner and then go to bed, so hopefully next year she will join in on the festivities.

Twitterpated Tuesday... Take 2

It's the beginning of week 2, and I am so excited for this week!

I love traditions and one we have for February is our "Love Mailboxes." These are already all over the Internet, but thought I would still share. :) Each of us has a mailbox {Target $1}and everyday a reason why I love that person is placed within, including a small treat from time to time. Logan is always looking for his flag to be up and loves to open up Hannah's for her. One recommendation... write all your slips at one time.

This week's festivities include an easy dinner preparation and a scavenger hunt.

Dinner:

• Pizza (We like the homemade kind with cheese for myself and the kids and mushroom and bacon for my husband, but you can also order in!) I was going to, again, use the heart shape cookie cutter to cut out the slices. 
• Strawberry pizza for the sweet tooth. I'm going to try THIS recipe and bake it in my heart mold. {And remember, strawberries are an aphrodisiac, so save some for after the kids go to bed! We like to joke about "Frisky Friday".}
• The drink is cranberry juice and ginger ale. Yum. 

Activity: 

• "Heart Marks The Spot"... We are going on a scavenger hunt to find our pot of Valentine M & M's (Logan's favorite candy.) Each clue will direct him where to go but also teach him how to show love. For example, "Always Share Your Toys" and "Always Say Thank You." I expect Hannah will have a blast following her brother around the house, she just started walking a few weeks ago.  

This week I plan to write and link some of my favorite ideas that are in my stash of "To Do In The Future." So stay tune for that and the follow up to Tuesday!

Twitterpated Tuesday #1 Recap

Sorry for the delay! We had an ice storm which resulted in us loosing power and then life was busy!

We celebrated our first Twitterpated Tuesday with our best friends... Lowell, Elise, and Tanner Smith! Please make sure you see Tanner's head at the bottom of the picture.

The whole night was all about LOVE, yes, kind of gaggy, but isn't that what February is all about!

We started our night with some pre-dinner Valentine making. Logan loves glitter, scissors, and glue, so he was in heaven.Curtis got involved and did some awesome glitter hearts. Love watching my husband getting his hands dirty with glue. 

During the day, I made chocolate hearts (white chocolate with red food coloring) and the cake. There are heart molds everywhere right now... AC Moore, Target, Michaels, JoAnne's...

We dined on our breaded zucchini, carrots, dip, and protein packed grilled cheese. Grilled cheese = Logan in heaven yet again. Hannah wasn't minding it either. Elise brought our red drink and the yummiest strawberry and artichoke salad. 

After our scrumptious dinner, Logan decorated the cake and we helped our self to many servings. {Excuse the watermelon plate, it's the only very large, flat plate I have.}

All in all, our first Twitterpated Tuesday went well! I'm finding it hard to have an activity after dinner since both our kids go to bed at 7:00 PM. This month I am switching our activities to before dinner. Hopefully this will give us more time to enjoy our time being silly!

Next post coming tomorrow... Twitterpated Tuesday 2!