Thursday, February 14, 2013

My Little Valentines 2013

We LOVE Valentine's Day at our house.
Ok, we love any chance to celebrate/decorate/dress up/give presents!

We skipped school today.
{I've got connections with the principal}

We ate pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream.
We hit the town in our Valentine's gear.
We shopped for books. {thanks Grandma Bev}

I lugged my "real camera" waiting for the perfect moment to pounce on my unsuspecting children.
{they aren't always in the mood for a photo shoot}


Luckily, I found the right moment.
This girl was most certainly in the mood for some cheesing!!


Awe!
Look at my loves!



I love this picture.
I have a thing about putting my kids in order by age.
Is this normal?



Caleb staged this moment himself.  I was snapping away with both my real camera and my iPhone SIMULTANEOUSLY
{super-mom, I know, right?}
And I noticed him telling Caity to give him a kiss!
What a good boy!
This one may need to be framed!


A little extra brother love is required on Valentine's Day!
{check out Caity...she thought this was so funny!}


I pulled the girls aside and told them I wanted a picture of them surprising Caleb with kisses.
He is smiling away...no clue what's happening behind him...


Kisses!


I love that the little ladies are still thrilled to match.
My big girls, not so much.
I'll be working this stage as long as possible.


The girls' shirts were two amazingly successful DIY projects.  
I say this because crafts usually end in frustrated Mommy and kids or spilled paint.

Or both.

I chose two projects I found online.

Mailee's shirt was inspired by a tutorial at The Pleated Poppy

It turned out so cute.
I like to give the kids a choice. Each of my kids is so different.
I wasn't surprised that Mailee picked the more precise, time consuming project.
This suits her personality.
She did so well making each dot perfect.


The other girls' shirts were a fun new adventure with freezer paper 
and a fantastic tutorial at Hazel and Company

I was too busy helping kids remember not to eat the paint to take a bunch of pictures during the process but click on the links above to get two very complete tutorials!

Making the big heart shirts with the two little girls was a breeze thanks to Erin's brilliant idea of covering the ENTIRE shirt with paper except for the heart.
It worked like a charm.

TIPS:

-If you live in Canada, you can buy freezer paper at Superstore. {not at Walmart, or any of the grocery stores I tried}
-I cleaned the girls up and sent them to play once I could tell they were getting bored.  I then took the liberty of perfecting their creations by adding a few dabs where needed :)

**disclaimer: I did give Caleb the option of doing this project but he chose a box of avengers Valentines instead of a shirt. Cute boy.  He was very sweet to keep his eye on the project and compliment the ladies on their finished products:)

14 comments:

Erin Shakespear said...

Your shirts turned out so great! And I'm so glad the tutorial worked so well for you. Thanks for linking to my blog! :)

MamaWraps said...

So awesome Colleen. Love the "behind the scenes" makes me feel like it could happen in my house!

shaqueattack said...

Colleen you are so amazing! Thank you for helping to inspire me. :)

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