be mine

valentines's is just one of those holidays for me. now that i have kids.. it's just another day to shove ridiculous amounts of candy at them. and believe me, dane does not need one more piece of candy in his life.

not that either of these ideas are better than candy, at least it wasn't candy. that's what i keep telling myself.

ems had her preschool party today and she was beyond thrilled to hand out these bad boys. for once she went with something i wanted. it made my heart sing since it was so out of character for her. the girl has got an opinion. let me tell ya.

the hardest part about them was getting a decent picture of emmy. her eyes and the camera do not mix, but i love this little "i'm day dreaming" look she gave me. ended up being perfect.

i love that we added the crazy straw last minute. it just gave it an extra element i thinking it needed. it was too bare bones with just the bottle of crush. the kids in her class loved them too.. let's just hope their parents feel the same!

dane's was a little different for me. he goes to therapy three days a week, and see's multiple therapists a day. the problem we faced though, was that he doesn't always see the same girls. with the exception of his speech, the others are just a hodge podge of rockin ladies playing with my little man. i knew i had to do something cheap and small because they have quite the staff over there at conerstone.

i made a few boxes worth of muddy buddies, slapped a heart on a few clothes pins i had laying around, bagged em and called it good. they were adorable. largely in part to do with that cute little face of his. when i picked him up three hours later today they were completely gone, and all that ws left on the basket was a note that said "warning, made with peanut butter". hope we didn't send anyone to anaphylactic shock! i know we didn't.. i'm sure i would have heard about it. right?

the best part of all though... i finally got crafty again! if you can call this that. it felt good, it's been far too long. i have projects and projects stowed away in the to-do pile but i have had zero motivation to tackle them. this might have just given me the itch.

hope you all have a happy valentine's weekend.