Pancakes and Valentines.

Run, run, run, run, run.

this is the bonus of having a 'racetrack' layout of your main floor. It is perfectly conducive to energetic little bodies awaiting guests. Do your kids do this?? Julia dances, runs in circles and shrieks at the thought of-and the site of guests. man, she loves people so much. and it doesn't matter if she has never seen you before - julia will want to tell you all about her life, show you her room, have you read her a story and then sit on the floor and wrestle.

Guests. yes we were awaiting the Raes to arrive. not all of them, but three of them plus a friend. delightful bunch they are! :)

that is how we celebrated pancake tuesday, or fat tuesday. a splendid dinner with friends. and of course, it was PANCAKES. :) Dave is the Pan-King and so we had fabulous, no, i'd say PERFECT dutch pancakes thanks to his expertise. :) topped with all sorts of fruity goodness. mmm.mmm.mmm.

Today we made valentines cards for julia's class mates. well. almost. This is the beginning of them. We took card stock, paint and a cookie cutter (heart shape of course) and some brushes. i started by putting a 'wash' on the papers and Julia decorated each one differently. brush strokes, shapes, etc. it was quite fun! :) when they are dry i'll cut them into fours, and voila! we will have all 16 cards needed for her class next week! :)

that was our art for this snowed in day.