Valentines 2012

Sheesh...Valentines Day preceded by  two science fair projects and finished off with a regional spelling bee (more on that later) makes for a really really crazy week!  I had the pack of spidey valentines in my hand ready to buy, but knew that my kids would kill me if we didn't do our funky cards.  So I told them all they had 5 minutes to come up with their idea...here's what they did (McLaren's hair and face had to be photoshopped since it was dirty and combed...now I'm kinda wishing I had left it :)

Indy has been taking a parkour class - all he wants to do is back flips off of concrete items...so this was his choice.

I had bought a bunch of balls for a Cub Scout activity (Medic - great game) and ever since McLaren has been bouncing balls all around my house - they are currently stashed at various spots on the top of my cupboard where he can't reach (and then chuck at his siblings head or glass objects).

I had used another picture of Ella for her card, but came upon this (almost done David & Cindy I swear! :) and couldn't resist

Oh my sweet feedle-dee...this is a huge triumph for her...she has been wanting to conquer the wall since August - so when it came time for her idea she knew exactly what she wanted to do!

Now that it's all over I'm glad we raced and did these...they always make me smile.  Of course I didn't buy any candy this year to attach and Laina was deeply stressed.  I took the angle that her card is so awesome we didn't need to bribe kids to like it with candy :)  it's all about the card...she didn't buy it.  A friend suggested taping a piece of broccoli next year...I think that's a great idea...except I'm going to use carrots...less smelly!

On the science fair project note (who knows when I'll get back to this blog...) Indy was going to do the food battery and see how big of a light bulb he could light...but when we went to set it up and I saw that it would take about 30 lemons to flicker a small Christmas bulb, we scrapped the idea and did homemade stain removers.  Laina decided she would be an overachiever and do a project also (not required) so we settled on which hairspray holds curl the longest...quite fitting eh??