Happy Valentine's Day!!

Daniel and I actually went out on our Valentine's Day date last night. We decided to go cheap and not get too expensive. We went to the $2 movie theater and watched Australia. After that we came home and made dinner. Daniel made spaghetti and sauce with meat and I made a Hidden Greens salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing. (We finally made something from the book you bought him mom!) He bought some sparkling cider to go with it. It turned out yummy, just as good as a restaurant would have been! After that we decided to support a local small business and got some dessert at a place called "Vintage" right by our house. White chocolate raspberry cheesecake and chocolate lave cake.

Today we gave Addie her Valentine's day gift. My mom always used to give us something small on Valentine's Day so I wanted to carry that on with Addie. The stuffed dog is not so small but I thought he was kinda of cute. She liked him until she saw the candy then that was all she wanted. I made her Valentine heart with felt. The white ones come off so she can play with them then put them back on. She was putting her candy hearts on there too before she shoved them all in her mouth!

I love her kisses!! After the candy she was all goofy!

Addie and I made this card for Daniel. I painted her finger to make a bunch of "bug" prints. On the inside I wrote "Happy Valentine's Day from your little love bug". The blue one is from me. I saw the idea on Martha Stewart or one of those shows and thought it was cute!

This was taken a little later when we were getting ready to go for a walk. She is starting to pick out things that she wants to wear. She has to pick her jacket and will only wear the one she picks. Today she insisted on the hat (even though it was not that cold) and the back pack. My little miss independent...

One last video...

Why pet adoption agencies don't allow homes with young kids to have young kittens...

She really does love him...

...until the end of the video. :)

Projects, projects, projects

Since my computer has been on the fritz the past week or so I've taken the time to do some projects that I've been meaning to get to.

Project #1- Platypus Doll

This was supposed to be an easy project for beginners, not so much. Good thing I had a friend helping me that knows more about sewing than I do!

He came out OK. Addie has absolutely no interest in him whatsoever.

Project #2 - Valentine's Day Decoration

This one I am pretty excited about. I changed it alittle bit to make it longer. Even though I am not good at hand stitching I think it came out pretty well. She says in the instructions that it is simple. It is really simple but took a lot longer than I had anticipated.

I am working on a few other things that I will post pictures of later!! Yea for crafts!!

Pay it forward

Here's how it works-the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well-before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift!

Remember that only the first 3 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick!"

Scary Henry...

Don't mess with this 2 pounds of toughness.

I eventually had to turn the mirror around because I was afraid he was going to scratch it. He was pretty upset with the cat in the reflection. Sorry about the bad video quality, I took it on my phone.

We shall call him...

Henry.

Here is the new addition to our family. I have been looking for a kitten for about 2 weeks and was starting to think we weren't going to be able to get one until the spring (when there were more available). Tuesday night I got a call back from someone on craigslist and we went and picked him up! The people were already calling him Henry so we thought it fit. He is only about 7 weeks old and is pretty tiny. As soon as we got him home he snuggled up with Daniel. Our last cat LOVED to snuggle with him too. I think it's their way of making him fall in love with them! Daniel is not the biggest fan of pets but he let's me have them. Thanks Daniel!!

Bubbles

I've noticed Addie's vocabulary seems to be expanding every day. Well, at least she is trying. She mimics a lot of things we say. I like this video because you can hear 3 of her words: bubble, wow and bye. Sorry for all of my talking, she needed some encouragement to keep talking.