*GREASE IS THE WORD*

The girls and I went to Grease tonight at the Musical Hall. It was fun having a night with just them and watching a great musical. They used a few bad words, which both the girls would point out each time. I was surprised to see how many young girls ended up coming to the play.
The next day the girls got to wear their shirts they got from Grease to school.

*MY VALENTINE'S*

I have got to be the luckiest mom ever to have the best family!

I took off Valentine's Day, so that I could help out at the girls' parties (and of course take a ton of pictures) and then Jay and I went to dinner with some friends. It was a great day being with my family.

*ALEXA'S VDAY PARTY*

I got to go to Alexa's Valentine's Day Party to help out (Maren came too.)
For the past few years it has landed on either a weekend or a Friday, so I am used to taking her home for the weekend. It was weird having it on a Monday for once.
Alexa had fake mustaches in her VDays, which were a big hit. Everyone had them on at one point playing around. The boys instantly put them on and played with them and eventually the girls started putting them on. They also made a rose craft and played a couple of games during the party.

*MAREN'S 1ST VDAY PARTY*

Maren and Michael's first Valentine's Day party! They both got a ton of creative Valentines from all of their classmates.

*MAKING VALENTINES*

The girls and I had a VDay making party. First we went shopping to find all the goodies to put in the bags and then I had each girl go through and write their names on the bag and put the goodies in. Maren asked to decorate her boxes, so I said okay. Then I found one box without any decorations. She said that she didn't want to give Will a decorated box (a little boy in her class that she argues with), I explained to her that no matter what she needed to be fair to everyone and she needed to decorate the box. She ended up sticking one heart and telling me that's all she could do for that one. I thought she would forget about it once she went to school, but she didn't. She made sure to hand that exact box to Will. She is definitely going to be a hard teenager.

*MAREN'S BDAY PARTY AT SCHOOL*

Maren got to celebrate her birthday at school by bringing in treats. I asked to take a couple snapshots of her having her special day!

*ALEXA'S 80'S TALENT SHOW*

Alexa had a talent show right after Maren's Birthday Party. Her and her friends worked hard for 6 weeks preparing. Alexa wanted to do a dance to Vanessa Hudgens' Snearkernight since the talent show the year before, so she was excited this year when it was time to do the dance.
Alexa and I agreed to invite every little girl in class to dance with her at the talent show, so that nobody was left out. We had 17 girls (one ended up having to miss the show) that ended up joining the dance. It was so fun to all get together and practice.