Cooking

Tayten got to help make some no-bake cookies the other night. She was more into stirring up a little mess in the measuring cup than actually helping but it entertained her for ever! Adding oatmeal to her cup
Stirring up the cookies

Stirring her "mess"

Licking the peanut butter

Dumping in the milk!

She's ready to do it again. She keeps saying, " me help cook"

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Usually I would have something all planned out for today, but this year it kind of ran up on me. So..not much exciting happened around here.

Tayten opened up her Valentine's tonight and of course was all giggles. Her new saying for everything is, " I love it!!"

She got some Minnie panties, 2 new movies & some books! We have already watched both movies :)

Tayten & I got Brandon some candy! Not very exciting but he did like it!
My valentines got me the best gift EVER!!! They gave it to me right before we went to Dirk's and I'm so glad they did.

I am in LOVE with this thing! It's absolutely the best gift ever!

I'll have to do a separate post on why you all should invest in on.

We had a great Valentines day and we hope you all did too!

Wordless Wednesday

Just so your not all worried, this is not the 1st time the trains have gotten caught in her hair and they are pretty easy to remove. We haven't had to cut any hair yet :)

DIY: Wall Art

This was so easy to do! If your needing some easy & cheap art for your walls you have got to try this. Remember the paper that I bought for baby girls room? It needed a frame, so here's what I did!
First: I picked up two frames which were half off and some paint at Hobby Lobby.
2. Take the entire frame apart. I painted the entire black part with some blue paint that matches the bedding.

3. Since it dried really quick I didn't have to wait to do the next step. I wanted to tone down the blue paint so I dapped small amounts of white paint onto a paper towel and rubbed it onto the frame creating a brushed appearance.

4. The almost completed project! ( I was getting excited at this point!!)

5. Add the paper and glass back into the frame. I also had to attach a picture hanger thing to the back so we could hang it.

6. Mission Complete! I also got the curtain's hung on Sunday, which make it look so much better. I just need to hem them a little since there a little long. I can't wait to put the bedding on the crib and see how it's all turning out.

I'm making two frames so that they can hang on either side of the window. This simple project took a total of about 15 min from start to finish and was less than $10 to make.

I can't wait to start on the next project :)

Look Alikes....

One evening on our way to dinner, Tayten yells," Daddy Daddy, I see B! I see B! We look back at her to see what she is talking about and see this.............. We about died laughing.

It's a good thing no one was behind us!

But after, I went and found a picture of him....

They sortof do look alike

Wilderness Territory

After we left Dirks Monday morning we headed off to the Dells. It was cold but probably not as snowy as it was here. They had a lot of snow pack everywhere you looked but they know how to handle snow around there!

If you ever need a fun place to go I would totally recommend it! There's lots of resorts to choose from but we stayed at the Wilderness Territory. It is HUGE. It's a LOT of walking but everything is indoors. They also have outside pools for when it's summer. Our room was huge complete with a fireplace.

With 3 indoor water parks and a 4-story indoor playground there is lots to do. Along with lots of mini golf, laser tag, and much more. I couldn't post all the pictures but Tayten had a Blast. The big bucket dumping was her favorite! She is still talking about the bucket!

Watching the bucket dump

Freezing Cold- This pool had a door so you could swim outside so it was way cold!

Swings in the pool! Tayten was in LOVE

4-Story playground! Daddy got a workout!

Kiddie Area at one of the pools

Swinging Again

Taking a ride on the river

I'll post some more pictures soon!

A vist with Dirk

We got to Dirk's house Sunday afternoon. As soon as we pulled in Tayten was trying to find Brent since Brandon had told her that we were going to see Daddy's friend. She was just a little confused. She warmed up quickly, but still was on the look for for B & Stacy. After the boys talked awhile, they decided that we should go visit with Dirks parents and brother.

When we got to his parents house, Tayten once again got excited because she thought we had parked next to B's truck! The poor kid was totally lost. Dirks oldest brother & his family were there also, so that meant little boys.

Tayten was excited to see kids, but she kept calling them Mason & Connor. They were Mason & Connor's ages so she was close. Then she started looking for Grandpa Jim & Grandma Kathy. She quickly realized, that she wasn't going to find them and resorted to playing on the stairs. It kept her entertained for the evening :)

We had a nice visit as always. Hopefully it won't be another year before we see them again!