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Bebe & Grandpa hosted a cupcake party for the girls and their cousins Hannah and Zoe on Valentine’s day.  They looked forward to it all week.   These lucky girls got to lick some frosting from the mixer beaters.

 Here is Daphne with the finished cupcakes- all different colors and sprinkles.  They were really lucky girls.

The picture above might be deceptive because I think Daphne actually frosted two of them, and Amelia frosted the rest.  Daphne did eat one right away, though.  ; )  That girl has her priorities right, if you ask me.  And it is great to have wheat back in her life. 

Here is Amelia concentrating on her work. 

She ended up with several spots of red food coloring on her neck, that are still there tonight even after a few baths!  I was proud that Amelia asked to take one over to our neighbor because she recently gave us TWO! plates of cookies and Amelia wanted to return a treat.  She can be a pretty thoughtful kid.

Daphne has fits of independence. Her beloved cupcake pajamas are the easiest pants for her to put on by herself. She also always has to attempt this in the hallway. “I put on pants in hallway.”

She was a bit perplexed here by not being able to get her other foot through the pant leg. She succeeded in the end by standing up and pulling the pants up until her foot came through.
These pajamas are also the easiest to come off. I found her without pants, and with one arm through the neck hole before she fell asleep during nap time today.

Daphne loves her box of valentines from her classmates.  We had a lot of fun reading each one this morning. 

Amelia and Daphne picked out their Valentine’s for their Daddy while he was in New York on Tuesday night.  Amelia got a Cars Valentine, with Lightening McQueen on the front.  Daphne pulled this one off the shelf. I explained it was for a “Daughter”, not a “Daddy”, but she insisted.  OK, her choice.

The inside says “but who could be more of a princess than you?”  Ah, yes, her dear Daddy.

Amelia learned to draw a heart at school this week!

Very cool, we love how much she learns.

We had a gorgeous day yesterday, just incredible for Feb. 1st.  So we got out two of our pile of inflatable toys. (We have three, if you can believe it!)  Daphne can’t jump yet, but she sure will some day with all of these squishy things to learn on.

Aunt Cheri gave the girls an inflatable ball for Christmas.  A kid (or kids!) can get inside and roll around. 

The girls also got a moon bounce handed down from some friends of Gigi and Gifer.  Can you believe two girls lucky enough to OWN one of these?  It was really easy to set up, too.  Here’s Daph coming out the door, and Amelia and a neighbor jumping inside.

Wiped out!

Amelia has her Little Mermaid book memorized, and read it to Trey while they took a break from rolling and jumping. 

We went to story time at the library on Saturday.  They featured books about polar animals, including Eric Carle’s Polar Bear, Polar Bear.  Amelia whispered to me “Mama, it’s Eric Carle, like Prince Eric!” (The prince in Little Mermaid.
Amelia’s class mascot is a stuffed Toucan named Lulu. We got to bring Lulu home this weekend. Each family returns a ‘diary’ about Lulu’s visit to share with the class. Click here to read: lulu!

Daphne continues to express her strong opinions and is working hard to become more independent. This past week, she gave up her booster seat at the dining room table.

It was in the back of the truck after going to a friend’s house for dinner the night before. She looked at her empty chair, asked “Where my booster seat?”, then looked at me again and said “I don’t need it! I don’t need booster seat.”  After a few days, she is settling down and staying in her chair to eat. 

I am sure we would get in big trouble if we tried to get her to use it again. Even though her chin is now the same height as her cereal bowl.  She has also been quite feisty about refusing to use her bib.   She knows she is a big kid now.