Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends!  I hope you had a week filled with love.  We had a nice week here.  

Did you catch my blog posts?  I talked about everything from homemade salad dressing to spending $9 on a Valentine's Day card for Kevin.

3 Simple Homemade Salad Dressings

Say Yes to More

Love in Numbers

Now onto my favorite moments of the week:

1. Valentine's Day festivities!  We gathered up all their heart shirts and accessories and had a really fun holiday week!

2. Stamp markers!  I surprised the kids with these for Valentine's Day and they all love them.  The come in a bucket of 44 markers for $14.99.  The quality is great.  They are perfect for toddlers to preteens and even adults.  They work so well and we all loved them.  They'd be so good for Easter baskets, party favors, craft projects or fun art supplies to take on vacation.  Here's my amazon link: 

Colorations STAMPBUCK Washable Markers

3. Valentine's Day called for I love you berry much lunches and a little dessert buffet.  Anything dipped in Nutella is a good combo!

4. 2nd grade class party.  I got to go to Fletcher's class party and we had so much fun.  The kids were so excited to exchange valentines, play Valentine BINGO, eat snacks and celebrate together.  He's got really nice friends and it's always a treat to see him in his classroom.  I loved teaching 2nd grade so it made me feel really nostalgic to be in the classroom on a fun holiday.

5. Gifts.  I grabbed a couple favorite things for each kid and their favorite candies.  It was simple and sweet and they all loved their surprises.  I got Kevin chocolates and he got me these fun jewelry cleaner pens on the go to keep my diamonds sparkly.  They're from MINE Company.  I love that they are mess free so it's perfect to keep in your car to use while you're waiting.  They keep your diamonds so sparkly.  Here's my Amazon link to them:

On The Go MINE Ring Cleaner Pen

6. Jordan Bakery Box.  I baked a lot of cookies for Valentine's day and the Super Bowl this week.

7.  Leo is very into giving kisses and it's my favorite.  He's a good helper at the grocery store as long as it involves snacking while he rides in the cart plus picking out a new Hotwheels car or two.

8. Fletcher loves to go metal detecting in our yard and one day while he was digging he came across a giant heart rock for me.  It lives on our patio and I love it so much.

9. Leo's at home Valentine's Day.  He kept using his new truck to pick up things like markers and my flowers.  Then he got to spend a good chunk of the day hanging out with his Papaw.  I had a busy day so Papaw saved the day by hanging out with Leo.  They played baseball, shot Nerf guns, went for a walk and played.  You won't be surprised that he asked for Papaw to come back over the next day.

10. Superbowl Sunday.  Our day did not goes as planned.  Leo woke up sick so we stayed home from church and had to cancel our Superbowl party that we were hosting with friends.  We were bummed, but tried to make the most of it.  Kevin printed games for us to play, the kids got really into watching the game and I made a yummy spread of food for just us.  Kevin loves Patrick Mahomes and has for years so he was thrilled with the outcome of the game.  Most of my cookie orders were for Chiefs cookies so I know lots of people were excited to see them win.

11. Leo's cool new trick is to put his writing utensils behind his ear when he needs a break from his work.  He loves this letter game and I love his cool new trick.

His other new favorite game is Dr. Leo.  He checks all of our temperatures (we're usually 68 degrees) and need lots of care.  He's been taking care of stuffed animals, our family and our cats (much to their dismay).  He looks so cute as Dr. Leo ready for surgery.

12. Gardener.  Fletcher's been learning about plants, gardening and composting in science this week.  He taught us a few new things about our compost box.  His teacher was so excited that he knew about composting so I snapped pictures and he got to teach his class about how composting works.  It was a really cool opportunity for him to show off his gardening skills.

13. My Uncle Mike passed away last week.  Leo and I headed out of town for his visitation early one morning and we had a nice time visiting with family members that we don't get to see very often.  Leo loved seeing Mike's Corvette in the parking lot and he found a little baby cousin that loved him.  It was bittersweet to be gathering for a funeral, but we were happy to be there to honor Mike.

14. BINGO night.  The kid's school hosted a BINGO night so I took them to play a few games.  None of us won, but we ate popcorn, raised money for a good cause and all agreed that we would be happy to play BINGO more often.

15. Rainbow toes!  I love that my kids know how much I love rainbows.  Leo called for me to see his rainbow toes one morning and it made my day.

I'm wishing you a wonderful weekend!  I'll see you back here early next week.  The kids have a long weekend so it may be Tuesday before I'm back to blogging.

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