What a wonderful and memorable Valentines Day it turned out to be! Chelsey (my cousin) and Peyton and Kendall spent the night with us last night. (These are two girls of good friends of ours from church.) Chelsey was watching them for the weekend and so we decided to have a fun day together. And goodness, did Aubrey have a wonderful first Valentines Day! Not sure if others will top it! Peyton and Kendall were so great to Aubrey Rose. They played all day with her and Aubrey just looooooved having friends around. She watched almost every move they made, she followed them around, tried to do what they would did and was just so content. Today she looked even more like a toddler to me. Time is flying!
We started the day with heart shaped pancakes. I thought I would start learning how moms do it. Not sure if it was worth all the work for as quickly as they were gone, but they looked cute. I used a heart shaped cookie cutter. Not sure if there is a smarter way, but burned my hand a couple of times. Totally worth it though. Then, we made candy necklaces. After that, we played outside. I gave the girls paint brushes and they used the water from the pool to paint pictures on the sidewalk. This probably was the thing that entertained them for the longest time. Our dogs loooooved the entertainment and loooooved the girls too because I let the girls give them probably like 5 treats each so they all were heaven. Then, all the girls took a nap. While they were down, I picked up the house (it gets a little crazy with a couple extra girls), and then I set up the table for some cake decorating, oh and a photo shoot! The girls LOOOOVED to decorate their cake and they certainly apeased me with smiling in their photo shoot. The pictures turned out pretty cute! We had dinner together, toasted with some Martinelli's, and completed the evening with our yummy (and beautifully decorated) dessert. When the girls left, I thought Blake said it perfectly..."Well, we aren't going to forget this one." It was so fun! Thanks girls for helping make some wonderful Valentine memories!
We also want to say a BIG thank you the Woitas family!! Gina (my wonderful friend Christina's mom) sent us the adorable top Aubrey is wearing. She wore all day for Valentine's Day. She looked so darn cute in it. Thank you so much Gina for spoiling not only us, but Aubrey Rose too!!! We love you!
Our little sunshine is the sweetest thing. I know I am biased, but look at how cute!
Aubrey Rose, you look too tall in the picture to be mine. :-)
OOOOOOOO! I think Chelsey had something that was so cool. OOOOOOO!
I wish I got this expression from the front view, but oh she makes me smile! I just love this girl!
Aubrey started laying her head on anything soft or sometimes even if it is not soft. Up until now, I wouldn't have considered her a snuggler, but now she will lay her head on your shoulder or walk up to you, wrap her arms around your leg and just lay her head on your leg. It is just precious!
She loooooooved the attention! OOOOOOOOO!!!
Here is Peyton and Kendall during their photo shoot together. They are such wonderful girls and they are such sweet sisters to each other.
Here they are making their candy necklaces.
Blake was such a trooper with a house full of ladies. Thanks for having a good time with it too!
Aubrey loves to play with this crib that my Opa made many, many years ago. I painted it white for Aubrey and she has been quite a fan. It is so cute watching her rock her dolls and stuff animals.
Here is the table the girls woke up to after their nap.
The girls wore their special dresses and we put curlers in their hair to make the night even more special. It was so fun! I LOOOOOVE having girls!
Here are the girls getting ready. I asked Aubrey if she wanted her hair in curlers. Yeah, not so much...maybe next year. :-)
Decorating our cakes.
This picture made me laugh. I am fixing the L-O-V-E so it is just right and Blake is hamming it up already. And Aubrey Rose....what are you doing mommy???
3 comments:
I LOVE YOU!!!! and we had a freakin awesome valentines day with you.... and at least 6 other people have read this now :)
Chels
I check in every couple of days, Cherie!! THANK YOU for sharing your life with us. You Penners/Smittcamps have WAY too much fun in your life. I hope you know how blessed you are!!
Lots of love--
Karen
I absolutely love reading your blog. What a fun time! You are the perfect Mommy for girls. You think of everything! I'm coming to you for sure if I have a girl next cause I only know how to make roads out of blocks and make cars crash into each other. Bows, pink, sparkles what is that? Love you my friend.
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