Feb. 2 - Activity: Musical Hearts

Today, LM picked a heart off the Valentine's Tree that said "Activity."

So,

I used the same hearts we used in the Heart Hunt, and our activity was Musical Hearts! Which is in the same family as Musical Chairs---only pure fun in place of cut-throat elimination.

We started by spreading the hearts out on the floor--one of each color.

Then we played the music. When the music was on, LM danced. Occasionally Mommy, Daddy, and even LB joined in the groove too! The farther we got into this little activity, the more it felt like we were at a high school dance, as Mommy and Daddy were each trying to one-up each other with the most unique and ridiculous dance moves ever invented. 'Twas only our old bones which quickly brought us back to the reality that we are no longer 16 years old. That and the 2 little ones who were trying to mimic our ridiculousness.

Where was I?

Oh, yes. So when the music was on, we danced. When we pushed pause one of us yelled out a color and we had to put our toes on that colored heart.

I'll spare you (and myself) any evidence of Mommy and Daddy's silliness, but here are a few pictures of LM busiting a move or two:

 

 

 You may not be able to tell from the pictures, but he's got some sweet moves.
This turned out to be a fun Valentine's activity! Especially since I got to be with the 3 boys I love most in the world: my 3 Valentines!

Feb. 1 - Game: Heart Hunt!

The first day of our Valentine's Day countdown, we did a game.

We had a Heart Hunt!

I cut out about 20 hearts of different sizes & colors (which we may also use later for other activities...) and I "hid" them all over the house. LM had such a fun time hunting for hearts. His face would light up whenever he saw one! He would even talk about the colors, and sizes all on his own.

After we played a few times, the baby woke up and started crying so I had to go upstairs to get him. I gave the hearts to LM and told him it was his turn to hide them for Mommy.

I didn't know what to expect but I came back downstairs and they were neatly placed all over the living room! 

We had so much fun that we just may go heart hunting again tomorrow!

Valentine's Day Countdown!

It's funny that the only holiday that people really "count down" to is Christmas.
What about Groundhog's Day? (Which is tomorrow.) Or, National Corn on the Cob Day? (Which is June 11. I just looked it up.)

I guess if you're going to count-down to a Holiday besides Christmas, one of the next best ones has got to be Valentine's Day!

Therefore, I thought it would be fun to count down to Valentine's Day this year!

So, out of Construction Paper, I made a simple little tree with 13 Hearts on it.

And on each of the hearts, I wrote one of the following:

Each day, after LM's naptime, I will have him pick a heart off the tree and we will do an activity of that sort!

So, get ready to feel the love!