v-day at home

my poor husband.  he just can't keep up with me.  one week i'm like, hey - change the toilet paper roll! the next week, i'm scolding him for throwing them away.  i'm sure he thinks i've lost my mind completely.  really though, i was hoarding toilet paper rolls for art projects.  (there's always a method to my madness.  always... kinda...)  i saw on the glorious and wonderful pinterest that taking a toilet paper or paper towel roll, you could bend it just so to create a heart.  a ♡ stamp, no less.  genius.  so we did just that.    

 super excited until i took it away to snap a picture.  

mean mama.

 oh, now she's worried about mess on her hands.  

she can squish her yogurt between all ten fingers,

 but a few droplets of red paint

 and all of a sudden, production is at a standstill.  

huh.

we then moved onto watercolor paints...

 dyl's technique is fast and nasty...

 and jb takes his sweet time.

 uh-OH.

then, it was onto making cards for dada.  dylan is completely captivated by poofs.  i think i mentioned this back in my post from our flight to mn.  i don't know what it is about them, but she's in love.  POOOOF! she exclaims when she finds one in a hiding place.  

so we took a pipe cleaner and bent it into a heart shape, then filled in the space with poofs of different sizes and colors.  by default, i was in charge of the glue gun, the kids were in charge of placement.  once the project was all dry, i scribbled a little valentine's day message to dada and jack signed his name.  

 this cracks me up.  

notice jack...

 and notice the copy-cat.

another card we did; jb's hands

window markers!!!  while i love the concept, i'm really not all that excited about these [messy] things.  they're a total pain to clean up.  and, they never quite "dry" so if you rub up against them, you get a blue ass.  or if you're lucky, all 5 colors redyellowbluegreenblack all up on you.

however, the kids loved them.  jack even went as far as to draw a mustache on dylan.  she happily obliged and stood there for it.  promise.  i think i will implement this activity next time my windows are filthy and need a good washing anyway.

    

mama, dat's kinda like a big beanstalk, huh?!

 a mustachioed duey

super fun valentine's day with my super fun little people.  i was even surprised in the evening with hand delivered flowers.  as nice as it is having them dropped off at the door, it's always better to have that special person accompany the bouquet {with a smooch}.  plus, the ringing doorbell always makes me nervous!  i'm totally blessed and totally thankful.

flowers from THE man.