.Besides Christmas, oranges are about the only other exciting thing about winter to me. One day I will live on an orange orchard... I promise! Yes, even if I live in a scorpion infested home because of all the orange trees, I don't care!
Ok, maybe the scorpions would win but at least give me a tree or two, that's all I need!
Lane and I went
pickin at my cousin Jill's house (which by the way is in orange tree heaven). Such big beautiful navels they were! Lane wore his best clothes for the
occasion. I knew I should have never shown him those 2 dollar rain boots from Goodwill until we actually make it to the snow! Thanks Jill for sharing the love:)
After polishing off our first finds we made way to Grandma and Grandpa Kerby's backyard... another orange heaven on earth. Casey taught me something new that day. I never knew that navels had a hole in the bottom of them! Like the hole in your belly button or aka navels! I feel so smart now.
These next pictures are just what's been going on at our home. Lane has started a little
pre-preschool group once a week. He LOVES going to miss Gina's every Tuesday. The first day he learned about the letter A. Since he was so excited about what he made in class we taped it on the fridge. It's funny because I SWORE I would never be one of those moms that saved "art" projects from school and had a Christmas tree full of homemade school ornaments. I guess I am just one proud
mama:)
Little Rusty boy is still as cute as ever and is strong I might add. He already has developed a talent of rolling over from his stomach to his back. No joke! I wish it weren't true. The first time he did it I thought it was a fluke accident but nope, he does it all the time. He is always smiling up a storm and loves to watch Lane run around and play. He is 10 weeks old and at his doctors appointment last week he weighed 10lbs 8oz. Oh, and we can't forget to mention that we are sleeping through the night now!!!!!!
Valentines day has always been a favorite of mine. I hear a lot of people say how over rated this holiday is. How could you not love all the love that's in the air?! Every year I try to add to my V-day decor so I made this banner
I was also excited that Lane got to make valentines for his preschool friends. I remember how fun it was to exchange valentines in my school classes growing up. Going through the class list, giving the best ones to your close friends and making sure not to give the mushy ones to the nerdy boys so they wouldn't think that you liked them. Lane chose Car valentines... a good choice since he
loves that movie.
I got the best Valentines gift ever this year. Her name was Graciela. Graciela came over for 5 1/2 hours and cleaned all my ceiling fans, blinds and bathrooms. I think this will be my Valentines day gift every year! I did feel a little guilty at the beginning sitting in a chair feeding Rusty and watching her clean when I am totally capable of doing it myself. It is so nice though knowing that I don't have to worry about that for a while. I originally had her come over for the fans and blinds since I haven't touched them since, well never. The bathrooms were an added bonus. She even cleaned the light bulbs! Bless you Graciela and bless you Casey for the most awesome gift! Since Valentines Day was on Sunday we spent the weekend doing the things we love most: bowling, eating corn dogs at the park, going out with friends Jenni and Jake, wedding receptions, making sugar cookies (twice:), all you can eat pizza buffet and watching the Olympics!
I was one spoiled girl with my 3 Valentines. That's the best part about having boys, I always have 3 cute dates I get to show off:)
I just love them!
