my daughter loves crafts. she is always into anything and everthing in our house. she is forever designing and crafting things from her imagination. for Christmas we were given an i pad from my parents and this one gift has opened up a world of fun for us...(but that would be a whole different post to cover). after getting our ipad my mother told me about the disney craft finder app by family fun. this is such a fun thing to use. you pick your child's age, time you want to spend on the craft, and time of year/holiday. it then gives you assorted crafts you can pick from. we have had such fun this spring doing various crafts. we have made pipe cleaner and button bugs, bead bookmarks, and today we made tissue butterflies. usually the crafts are things we can do with stuff already in the house, but if not, they don't usually take much. a quick trip to the dollar tree or michaels and we are ready to work. i highly recommend this disney craftfinder app, and if you don't use the apple applications you can go right to their webpage here and use their interactive page to find fun crafts. 
after we finished our butterflies, she took them outside..and they took flight! this one simple craft brought her so much joy on a saturday afternoon! 
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I have to admit I think I enjoy Valentine's Day even more now that we have children. I love the baking, the crafting and all the child like activities I get to do with the kids. It is so fun helping them make their Valentines to share with their buddies. We've been having fun making glitter hearts, ribbon bracelets, and a yummy pink cake. I even got my embroidery machine back out and made each of the kids a new t shirt for this special day.
But sadly, I think that there is so much hype that goes along with this holiday that it makes it lose its fun for so many people. I think pressure has been given to husbands and men all over to buy the perfect gift or create the perfect date night. I would be lying to say I haven't fallen into that category a time or two. But I think after spending so many holidays apart from the one I love the most, I've been able to gain an appreciation for just every day love. I am so grateful to have so much love in my life and this is a day to celebrate that! It doesn't take red roses or heart shaped candies to do this...it really doesn't take much at all.
I wish you all a day simply filled with love. Happy Valentine's Day.
xo,
It's week four of my family 52 project and the last week of January. This week I was excited to get pictures of all the kids in their element. First up is baby C. Our easygoing little girl that loves to sleep. I caught this cute one of her the other day before she woke up from nap time. I just love those little toes and that already worn out blankey that is always by her side.
Next up is our Bubby...or as C is now calling him Bu Bu. I thought it would be fun to get pictures of him to remember him at 4. Pictures that would remind us of him at this age with his loves.
There still isn't a night he doesn't go to bed without blue blankey, Lucy and Pony.....and if he comes to find Momma in the middle of the night; all the loves come too!
And most every day you'll find this little guy on the floor, just like this, with his cars lined up.
Finally, we have Miss E. This is truly her element. She is always crafting something and she comes up with the most creative things. We are still working on cleaning up after the projects.
