cocoa, cookies, and friends!

kam, b.c. and i hosted a fun playdate . . . cookie decorating! :) we had lots of last minute cancellations . . . which left us with just a handful of close friends! :) what fun! :) kam and b.c. had so much fun decorating! kam LOADED her cookies with as much as she could . . . making one for each member of the family! and b.c. had fun just decorating (and eating) one! :) we drank some cocoa, ate some cookies, and had lots of fun playing until lunchtime! :) nothing like lots of sugar to get you in the holiday spirit!

many mini marshmallows!

the girls and i hosted a "many mini marshmallows" play date . . . we decorated hot chocolate "cups" with the kids fingerprints, drank hot chocolate with LOTS of marshmallows, and snacked on goodies! :) kam decorated hers with lots of "chocolate paint" and blue marker . . . mck was an awesome painter and then decorated hers with flowers and tons of "marshmallow" fingerprints!

when i planned the date it was a chilly 30 something out . . . crazy, unpredictable texas weather! today it was 70 something and gorgeous! not exactly hot chocolate weather, but the kids had fun playing outside and enjoying the gorgeous weather! :)

making cookies with kam

kam's playdate today was making christmas cookies! it was at ms. j's house, so of course everything was perfect . . . right down to the wide selection of coffee creamers for mommy! :) kam had lots of fun cutting out cookies, frosting them, and of course decorating them. she is not a big cookie eater, but devoured the sugar cookie! :) she loved it . . . maybe that's because these were made from scratch and my cookies are straight out of the package and onto the cookie sheet kind! :) (we've gotten the recipe and will start a new tradition of making them from scratch!) she made one for each of her sisters to take home too! :) what fun! :)

butterfly playdate in the park

mck and i had so much fun hosting our playgroup's science playdate! we met at the local park for some fun butterfly activities! the kids used their fingerprints to show the life cycle of a butterfly, drank "nectar" from "flowers" with their "proboscises", and talked about the body parts of the butterfly and made their own. . . complete with tortilla wings, marshmallow body parts, licorice legs, and corn syrup colored wings!

playgroup easter celebration

the girls and i had a wonderful time at ms. j's house for our playgroup's easter party! ms. j has the best backyard . . . like a private park! :) the kids got to paint on a paper mural, eat lots of yummy snacks, decorate their own cupcakes, and participate in an easter egg hunt!

kam was so fun to watch . . . what a difference from last year! she was so excited about the eggs! she wanted to keep going and didn't understand that there was a limit to how many she could pick up! :) she loved checking out the treasures in her basket. i tried to take her bunny basket away on the ride home, but she refused, so i gave in. when i stopped at a light and turned around i found her with a mouthful of tin foil and a bite taken from each of her chocolate eggs! too cute!

mck was sooooo fast. hello, the girl doesn't do anything quickly . . . unless, of course, she wants to! she was all over that backyard i could hardly snap a picture of her! when i finally caught up with her, we had to take half the eggs out of her basket and hide them for other kids! :)

ken was great . . . she was careful to make sure she got only her 12, but tried to pick the ones she thought were filled with "good stuff"! she was so happy to get to participate in the activity, as most of our playgroup stuff happens when the big kids are at school!

perfect weather. perfect location. perfect hostess. perfect start to spring.

valentines for daddy

today we hosted a valentine playdate. the kid's all made valentine's for their dads. mck had fun decorating and wrote "dad" and her name on the card. even kam got in on it and had fun scribbling and decorating with stickers. the girls had fun munching on heart shaped sandwiches, cookies with red chocolate chips, and a few healthy sides! :)