Valentine's Day, 2012....

Lauren had lots of fun this Valentine's Day season!  She also had lots of outfits that she needed to wear so we started on February 1st!

February 1, 2012 

Ready for church in my pretty pink dress! 

Stopped for a little dance break! 

New outfit for school! 

Standing in front of the Valentine's door at school!

And then the real day came--February 14th!  Of course I had a special outfit already picked out for her!  Here she is modeling before we left for school!

Her own little runway! 

Lauren's treats for her friends at school! 

Love that smile!  On our way to school!

She was excited when she got there! 

She stood by the wall and said "cheese" so I took that as my cue to take a picture of her! 

Making funny faces during pictures! 

Mommy and Lauren on Valentine's Day!

After I got out of school, I went and picked Lauren up for dinner!  Payton actually had to work that night, so it was just the girls!  We went for sushi for me, and nuggets for her!  Don't worry though--remember, Payton and I had our special date night a few nights before and of course he came home (after 11PM) with very pretty flowers for both of us! 

Ordering her sushi...er...nuggets!

And she ate rice too!

Sweet and sour sauce on nuggets is really good!

My little Valentine!

Flowers from Payton!

Lauren saw her flowers the next day!  She really loved them too! 

And of course she loves smelling her flowers too!

Baby Cooper Turns One....

Lauren was invited to attend Cooper's Dr. Seuss First Birthday party!!!  My friend Megan did a great job with all the decorations, crafts, and food!  We had a great time and Cooper looked too cute in his Cat in the Hat outfit!  Happy Birthday Cooper!

The Birthday Boy!

Cooper and big brother, Jacob

Lauren and Payton playing on the trampoline!

She was having a blast!

Fun decorations!

Cutie pie!

A Morning With Mommy....

Lauren and I had a fun morning together making breakfast and watching movies! 

Helping me make breakfast by reading the insert to the DVD case...

Playing in my flip-flops and hair rollers while watching the movie after breakfast!

A Kindermusik Krazy....

Lauren had another fun night at Kindermusik!  She loves playing with the other kids and of course, singing, dancing, and playing on the instruments!

Kindermusik, Week 4!
Ready for fun!!!

Dumping out the instruments...such a helper!

Enjoying her towel ride and playing with the flashlight!

She loves this part of Kindermusik!

The lights were actually off and just the flashlights were going!  So fun!

Parachute fun!

Helping with the parachute!

Laying under the parachute!  She was giggling so loud!

And yes...she took her socks off and was playing "puppets" while under the parachute!

Valentine's Day Date Night....

Payton and I were able to go enjoy a nice Valentine's dinner the Saturday before Valentine's Day!  I love my little girl very much, but it was nice to get away and have conversation with my hubby too!  Lauren's Kindermusik teacher actually had a playdate set up in her dance studio, so Lauren stayed and played and played and played!  Lauren loves Miss Sandy so this was perfect!  She had such a great time that when we came to pick her up, she was PASSED OUT on Miss Sandy's daughter's lap!  She didn't even wake up when Payton picked her up, put her in the car, drove home, took her out of the car, put PJ's on her and then put her in her crib....she must have played very hard to not wake up through all of that!  Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

Getting ready for her playdate!

She was excited!

Checking out the puzzle station!

Telling Mommy bye!

She was just taking it all in!

Still checking it out!

Me ready for our date!

More Kindermusik Fun....

Week 3 came quick for Kindermusik!  The kids played with the rhythm sticks again and egg shakers!  Lauren loved them all and had a great time singing her little heart out to all of the songs they are learning!

Getting ready for the rhythm sticks!

Tapping the sticks together!

Kindermusik, Week 3!

Playing with the flashcards before class started!

More rhythm stick fun!!!

Kindermusik, Second Session....

A week flew by and it was time for Kindermusik again!  Of course, Lauren had a great time and is always the little entertainer!

Playing steady beat with the rhythm sticks!

Then very loudly she announced that the "Roar" aka, Lion, was hungry and was pretending, again very loudly, that he was eating the rhythm sticks!  It was hard not to giggle!

The "Roar" was still hungry!

Playing with the scarves!  She loved them!

Then my little organized child (wonder who she got that from???) started collecting the scarves and packing them away...we weren't finishing using them yet.

Dramatically trying to pack the scarves away in the purple tub...

And then she announced to the class that "brrrrr....Cooooooooold!!!" and wrapped herself up in a scarf...

Enjoying "Listening Time" on her towel while I pull her around!

Tunnel Time!

She has one of these at home so she was a pro!

Waving bye to me! 

Kindermusik, Week 2!