My Star of the Weeker, Sydney!

A few weeks ago, it was Sydney's turn to be the Star of the Week in her classroom!  Being the mom who is always on top of things, I opened up her backpack on Monday morning to take out the previous week's work {because an On Top of Things Mom would not return a folder with work still in it} and found a folded up poster with a note saying that Sydney was Star of the Week and her poster was due on Monday!  OhNoOhNoOhNo!

Fortunately for me, my mom reminded me that I had her poster from the year before, so I ran that in to school and we worked on her poster when she came home from school that day.  #momoftheyear

I posted this story on Facebook and at least 3 different people sent me this meme:

Since she was our Star of the Weeker, I thought it would be fun to share some things about my sweet Sydney girl.  

She's Super Talented!

She loves her puppy and her poppy!

She LOVES hijacking my phone and taking selfies (and other random pictures)!

She is my little sporty spice!  She is in to softball right now, and we've had fun watching her making her face when she is playing!

She is starting to get into sassy poses for pictures!

And, every once in a blue moon, she stays the entire night in her own bed!

Love this sweet girl so much!

Valentine's Day 2016

Ahhhh, Valentine's Day!  The biggest Hallmark holiday of them all.  I love it for my girls...we have so much fun working on their Valentine's cards!  Liv didn't want to do sunglasses again this year, so we did silly putty lips!  Sydney wanted to do the glasses this year, and we found some cheapies from Target!  I loved the way the pictures turned out!

The girls made bath boxes for their teachers and each of their classes gave their teacher a "heart attack!"  The kids all wrote something sweet about their teacher on a heart, and we put them on a cute poster board!  Both teachers were so excited to read what the kiddos had written!

The most popular treat given out in Sydney's class was Fun Dip!  She made out like a bandit!

Poppy played in a shoot-out and came in second place!  We sure were proud of him!

The girls got spoiled by their Nana and by me for Valentine's Day!  Can't help it...I'm a sucker for these little blondes.

Over the course of February, I added a heart with a compliment written on it to their door.  I missed a few days, but I think they got a kick out of reading them.  Liv thought this one was pretty funny!

Liv loved her heart notes so much that she made me one!  I'm keeping this one forever and a lot of more F's!

For the actual Valentine's Day morning, we tried to go somewhere new for brunch.  Welllll, that didn't quite pan out the way we thought it would.  It wasn't quite a kid friendly restaurant, and instead of celebrating Valentine's Day, they were celebrating Mardi Gras, but we all ate well, and the girls had fun looking around!

Hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's Day!

How Is It Already the Middle of February?!

Not sure, but since it is, maybe I ought to catch you up on our January!!

➸➸ The girls had a NYE sleepover and got to spend the night in our bed!  How fun is that?!

➸➸ We made Not Yo Mama's Banana Pudding for Grandma and Poppa and Liv was my very special helper!  She did such a great job following directions, and I couldn't believe it, but she LOVED the dessert!  (That apron was my Mammaw's apron!)

➸➸  Drop off and pick-up for school is a little different now that we've moved.  We sure miss our girlies from the old neighborhood, but are so glad we get to see them sometimes after school!

➸➸  We spent a Friday after school at the mall.  If you know me, you know the mall is like my least favorite place.  But, the girls had fun at the Lego store and the Disney store, and of course, at the food court! 

➸➸  Olivia has fallen in love with Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew books, and her Uncle Rhino sent her the entire set for getting straight A's on her report card!

➸➸  Sydney had Jammie Day at school for J week!  Loved that she wanted to wear her new pi's from her Grandma.

➸➸  I have a couple of Legomaniacs on my hands....

➸➸  The girlies got some new beds for their new rooms!  Special thanks to my dad for helping us assemble them! (And, yes, I am still obsessed with that Liberty of London line...)

➸➸  We tried to organize our mudroom a little bit...

➸➸  We supported our friend Liz and her family and cheered on the Panthers so they could make it to the Super Bowl...

➸➸  We tried out our outdoor fireplace with S'mores!  It worked out so well, we've done it two times since :)

➸➸  The girls went to Olivia's winter carnival and had a blast!  I helped my friend Sheri run her upcycles booth (and ended up coming home with 2 leggings and a skirt), and then we enjoyed the rest of the gorgeous day outside!

➸➸  Liv went on a cute movie date with her friend, Nate.  Love these little buddies.

➸➸  Aaaannnndddd, I gave Sydney my phone in the car....