Lovers Holiday

I hope all you ladies out there (and boys too; I guess) were spoiled a little this year. I had my after school program on Tuesday so it was perfect for Colton to come home and whip up a surprise for me :) I came home to the smells of my #1 favorite meal; chicken fried steak, mash potatoes, and cream gravy. Some might say this is a "mans meal" but I don't care my mouth waters every time I see it on the menu; breakfast or dinner!!



Thanks babe for the new orchid (one of our traditions) and a super good meal.

love you!

Also I had forgot about this super cute valentines idea for boys. I found it one day browsing through the "next blog" button. Sometimes when I'm bored I just click on this button to view other peopels blogs. Its never the same blog, some are weird, some are funny, and some have some good ides.

I know I only have one nephew but this can be for girls too cause who doesn't like zippy there cars around the floor or table :) Tiff maybe you can use this idea for Payton next year!!

Valentines for a Car Lover

I saw this really fantastic idea for vehicle valentines over at Family Fun. Knowing that I have a car fanatic, I decided they were perfect.

Here's how I set everything up during the now-sporadic nap time.

I drew a "Go" line and a "Stop" line. I figured that a few traffic signals would help slow down the cars and keep them from racing their paint covered wheels right onto my dining room table. Of course, I still took precautionary measures and covered a large area with butcher paper.

For the cards, I used oversized index cards that I already had and folded them in half. For the paint, I again went with what I had and grabbed a bottle of dark brown acrylic crafting paint.

When Linus awoke, he was ready to dive (or should I say drive) right in

Once they dried (about one Bob the Builder episode later), I grabbed a red marker and added the text.

Some of the phrases we used:

• You're a "wheely" good friend.
• I "wheely" love you.
• You're a "wheely" great teacher.
• "Wheel" you be my Valentine?

A few days later, after he had signed them all (and we'd mailed the family ones), we journeyed over to Foster's Market to pick up the car chocolates

Linus absolutely LOVES these chocolates, admiring them every time we are there.

The chocolate cars are attached with some double-sided, foam tape tabs. I did that step on my own, although it was simple enough Linus could have helped (if it hadn't been past bedtime.)

I gotta say, I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. They clearly represent Linus's interests, have zero commercialization, and definitely required his participation. Plus, making our own saved having to drag Linus into Target risking the possible temper fit as we hurried past the toy section.