6 Month Pictures

We finally got around to getting Caleb's 6 month pictures taken. They turned out so, so darling!

 We sure love our Little Man!

Caleb Barrus Nielson-6 months old

Pinkalicious, The Musical

Last week, Mommy and Tessa got to spend a special evening together, seeing Pinkalicious, The Musical. Tessa (and Mommy) were so excited to see this fun show and spend the evening together. 

 She got a little spoiled and got to pick out some treats to eat during the show. 

 The show was so darling and Tessa LOVED it! She said her favorite part was when Pinkalicious turned all red (Tessa's favorite color). The story was cute and the songs were fun and Mommy loved hearing Tessa laugh throughout the show. 

After the show, some of the cast came out for pictures. Tessa was so happy to meet Pinkalicious! Tessa thought her outfit was amazing!

Valentine's Week/Day 2015

Our Valentine's Activities were few and far between this year. We managed to do a few before Valentine's Day, but most of them we saved and had a little party on Valentine's Day afternoon.

One afternoon, we made Love Bugs. Adam and Tessa turned their bugs into animals. Adam made a Love Pig and Tessa made a Love Dinosaur. 

Adam and Tessa spent some time a couple of days before Valentine's Day, preparing all their valentine's for their classmates.This year, Tessa gave out Dinosaur valentine's and Adam gave out Super Hero valentine's. 

The kids woke up on Valentine's Day to our traditional breakfast-heart cinnamon rolls. 

Tessa's festive hair-do.

We all went to shopping together at Costco. (Totally romantic!) on Saturday afternoon. Tessa wrote Mommy this Valentine note while we were waiting to check out.

After our shopping adventure, we had our party. The kids and Mommy made heart pies and heart pizzas. Adam and Tessa did most of the work and the food turned out great!

 Gwennie mainly helped Daddy fix his bike and then insisted they go on a bike ride together. So they did. 

 While their food cooked, Adam and Tessa played an excited few rounds of Don't Eat Pete.

 Lunch Time!

 Showing off all their Valentine's loot from school. 

 They got a special surprise in the mail! Cards and $2 from Ma and Pa!

We played some fun Valentine's games. Our favorites were Heart Lava and Musical Hearts! They had so much fun playing these silly games and they had Mommy and Daddy laughing so hard as they tried to do what the hearts instructed. 

 Our Valentine's

We waited until Sunday to have our fancy Valentine's dinner with our china and candles. On Saturday, after the kids went to bed, Mommy and Daddy got some food and watched a movie. Nothing fancy, but it was nice to do something together, and Mommy even stayed awake for the entire movie!