Our heart day

 The kids woke up to their felt boards... Even though Ty found his the night before and played with it most of the night. little stinker. He was still excited! He kept calling it his "valentime". Its still his "valentime" and not a felt board. Ember loves hers... Most the object get put on crazy and she giggles...i love it.

 We read a few love stories and made delicious cookies. We had a pretty chill day!

My babies last year and this year.... Ahhhh I LOVE THEM! :)

My little Valentines

I love them so much!

Happy heart day

I woke up this morning to a wonderful breakfast and some really sweet notes...One from my lover and one scribble from my sweet lil man. 
Then the kids got their Valentines from mom and dad.  Robot post here

The kiddos with their best friends. I think Maddox and Lincoln will fight over Ember some day.

Sibling love right here.

The lover is taking me out on a hot date tonight!!! Can't wait! :) 
Im sure ill take lots of pictures of that too:)

DIY Valentine Cards

O dear its the 7th and I am just starting to think about Valentines.
I wanted to send the kids grandparents some love so I thought this idea was fun.
I was inspred by this post here by the lovely delia creates.

We had to skip family night last Monday so we will be doing it tonight. Adding some other fun things to these cute cards and sending them off tomorrow:)

 Ty is posing in front of the wall with hearts taped all over the place. I took 32 pictures to get ONE that kinda works.

Ember on the other hand is my cheese ball....I got about 15 great ones of her with a cheese ball grin...!! This was my favorite because it looks so sweet and loveable. 

She is laying on a white bed sheet with hearts placed around her.
Both pictures I edited in PicMonkey and used the Tranquil option to get this look. 



BLOOPERS.....

Hope you have a Happy Valentines. 

XOXOXO

baby valentines

Having kids inspires me in so many ways. I absolutely love giving them sweet little handmade gifts. I was searching pinterest of course when I saw these darling felt robots....thought they would make perfect little gifts for the kiddos.

My rule is you have to name your projects...well stuffed animals and doll type projects. I also have a rule that you can't name them tell they are 100% done!! I made Trixi first and when the name came to me I just loved it. I had a harder time with Atom...I remembered the movie with the fighting robots and Hugh Jackmon....the robot on there is named Atom and I loved it...So he is named after a super star robot!

Meet Atom. He is a stud right?!!!

....and pretty Trixi.

I can't lie...I had a hard time making the cubes at first. I made Trixi THREE different heads before I got the hang of it. I went into it thinking it would be SO EASY...sat down and thought O man ill just whip one of these up and make the next one tomorrow night...UM no..I had a few set backs...The first night I didn't keep anything I worked on. I threw everything away. However I took a deep breath and went to bed and seriously laid there pondering on how to make it go smoother.  

As soon as I got the hang of it and took deep breaths it was much better...But still between wiping tooshies, nursing and filling up sippi cups full of milk it still took two days to complete ONE robot. But I am very happy with the way they turned out. 

Trixi is so special. She actually reminds me of Ember. Big blue eyes, long lashes, big smile and a full heart. To top it all off her sweet little hair bow melts my heart. All together I think its soft, cute and perfect for my baby girl. 

Atom is also special and reminds me of Ty. Big blue eyes and a little smirk smile...almost as if he is up to something, but with a big heart! Just like my Ty Ty. 

You will need:

Felt for base color

scrap felt for heart

two buttons

bow (if its a girl)

coordinating sewing floss

stuffing 

hot glue 

cutting mat 

and slicer

 Cut all your felt with the proper measurements.

(see picture above)

Cut your felt heart out

Hand stitch the buttons to one of the head sized squares

stitch on eye lashes if desired 

and smile

Stitch on heart to one of the body sized squares

(I sprayed my heart with basting spray first so it wouldn't move while stitching)

 

Hand sew your squares to make the cubes using sewing floss.

I sewed mine and didn't flip them inside out. 

I liked the look of the seam on the outside. 

I thought It looked more square and -robotish-

Finish all but one side
fill with stuffing
then sew it completely closed

Now that all your cubes are made

head, body, 2arms and 2feet 

attach them together 

I hot glued mine 

and put a few stitches with thread

(hot glue and felt are not the best of friends) 

Then add the bow to a girl

I was thinking a baseball cap would be SO cute for the boys

Maybe ill update soon and add a hat to Atom.

Linking up with
Country girl at home
happy go lucky blog
 lip gloss and crayons
the dedicated house

Valentines day baby

Today is not just Valentines day! ....it's my baby sisters birthday!

Happy 20th birthday lil bit. I love you so much!!

 You are more like a big sister most of the time...

always taking care of me and telling me what to do.

Thanks for all you do...Thanks for being you!

I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH

so does Ty... :)

xoxoxo

Valentines

Today is the day I am making my Valentines goodies... I wanted to share with you my inspiration...or pinspiration. Hope you like.

 The Rubber Punkin

 I am momma hear me ROAR

 Scrapstudio

Tatertots and Jello

Life is Sweet 

 Boutiqueti

Golden State Fruit