I'm not much of a Valentine's Day fan, but with 3 girls that love any excuse to color their worlds pink, purple, and red, I don't have much of a choice but to shut up and enjoy the hoopla.
The weekend before the big day Chandler had her first sleepover at our house with her BFF, Taylor. All the girls love Tay Tay, so everyone was excited and had a great time decorating cupcakes, watching movies, and ending the night with mini-makeovers.
My favorite smile of Ady.....EVER!
Their creations
With both girls fully immersed in the Valentine's school party modes, it's become quite the climactic holiday around here. I absolutely adore homemade valentines (even though the girls don't see the uniqueness as cool), so we sit down and make our valentines days in advance. This year I found this cute ones on Pinterest for Brooklynn's class:
Brooklynn's class did an ice cream party on Tuesday, since they had the rest of the week off, so I was able to bring Ady and Chandy and introduce them to the craziness otherwise known as school parties. Chandler even participated in their BINGO game. This girl couldn't be more ready for kindergarten!
The kids checking their bags. They were so cute going around thanking each other for the valentines!
On Saturday we headed up to Allenspark, which is outside Estes Park for a winter getaway re-deux, since the girls were so sick for the last one and only Chandler got in some minor sledding. Dad and Kenz met us up there to enjoy our quaint little cabin. We were warned that the cabin had no cable, no cell phone service, and no Internet, but I wasn't fully convinced until I witnessed it for myself. Hell, we even get phone service at the summit of the 14ers. Little did I know our "unplugged" weekend would be just what we needed. We played endless amounts of games, puzzles, and listened to the girls play the keyboard nonstop.
Saturday the weather was beautiful so we drove into Estes Park to walk around the bustling town! The streets were packed with people enjoying the warm weather.
Chandler found these at a little shop.....so funny!
Cousins bonding on the river. (What you don't see is me freaking out because they just want to "dip" in the water) I thought for sure we'd have someone try it!
Sunday morning we packed up the cars and headed to Rocky Mountain National Park to their snow play area. We knew the snow would be limited, but we weren't going to let that slow us down. When we arrived we were basically sledding on grass, but the flurries started shortly after and we finally had some real snow to sled!
More cousin love!
Ady and Brooklynn are ready to go!
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