Party Preps and Playing - 44/365

Today was pound the pavement day to get everything ready for the party.

Jim's mom was coming over to hang with Reagan while I did some stuff. Then they were going to head off to gymnastics. Jim's mom has got to take her to gymnastics the last couple weeks and has been enjoying seeing her progress.

I worked on getting her photo board done for the party. Every year, whatever her theme, I gather all the pictures I have that pertain to that theme. This year, I took anything that had to do with the Frozen movie. Our meet and greets, seeing the movie, etc. It came out super cute!

This evening, we went over to Tippy for a family fun dinner with Nana, Papa, Ray, Jenn and Ed and Pam. We were all gearing up for the big bash tomorrow! It has become our tradition to have a family dinner the night before the party!

Ray and Jenn brought some Valentine gifts for everyone! They gave each couple a gift card for BW3, since we go to corn dog fest after the party! They gave Reagan a monkey that smooches you when you press his heart. She loved him! She made everyone wear him on their head. It was too funny!

Fun night!

Reagan and Grandma playing before gymnastics

The photo board I finished up today

Eddie with a monkey on his head

Ray and Jenn with the monkey

Nana with a monkey on her head

 

Bye Santa & Zoo Day! - 3/365

Today was kick Santa out day! FINALLY!

Jim and Reagan decided to hit the Cleveland Zoo, while I worked around the house. 

Jim never gets too many one on one days with her, so he was pretty excited. They decided to do Cleveland since they have more indoor stuff, than Akron. 

They started their day in the rain forest. Reagan was really getting into learning about the animals. She made Jim read all the informational signs around the zoo. 

After the rain forest, they decided to have a little lunch, before they started their journey around the zoo. They had some pizza at the little cafe in the rain forest. Jim said his favorite part of the day was when Reagan leaned over at lunch and said "Hey dad, I love going to the zoo with you." She is such a little sweetie!

After lunch they hit some outdoor stuff. They saw the elephants and the flamingos in their "indoor" but outdoor habitat. 

Next, they took the tram up to the primate building and aquarium. She loved that and they had the place all to themselves! She loved this little squirrel up there. 

Finally, Reagan made Jim go over and see the sealions. They took the tram over, but then it left them there. It happened to start raining, so Jim had to carry her all the way down the hill in the rain. Luckily they did take an umbrella, so they didn't get too wet!

They had a great day together!

Meanwhile, I was on a roll and got all of Christmas put away and sprinkled some Valentine's Day stuff. It's so nice to have the house back to normal! The Christmas stuff was starting to make me feel like I was drowning!

The living room was in need of a little organization, too. Reagan has her awesome playroom, but we like to have a few toys in the living room for her, also. The living room toys were starting to take over, so I got a little cube system at Target to try to help organize them. It looks fantastic and I feel like our living room is twice the size now! YAY!

Productive day for all!

Reagan ready to head off to the zoo!

 They made it!

 Reagan's favorite, the flamingos!

 Our new toy corner for Reagan!

 Christmas out, Valentine's day in!

Belated Birthday Dinner - 43/365

This evening, we were having our long awaited birthday dinner with Ray and Jenny! 

Jenny and I, have birthdays just days apart, so we always do a family fun dinner to celebrate. This year, we were in Florida during our birthdays, so we had to postpone our dinner. After sorting through everyone's schedules, we finally were able to go tonight! Woohoo! 

We met at the Fifth Season around 7:30 and had a great dinner! Ray and Jenny brought Valentine's, too! Reagan got a little giraffe that walks along singing a Bruno Mars song. He is hilarious and Reagan just loves him. She also loved all her chocolate! She was thrilled! 

 We had a really fun night! 

The photo of the day is Reagan with Ray and Jenny!

 

Goodbye Santa, Hello Cupid - 2/365

Today I spent the day with my sweeper! My mom was nice enough to take Reagan for the day so I could dismantle all three Christmas trees, the stairway garland, and pack up the rest of the Christmas decorations. The aftermath of that, was about 1.5 million artificial pine needles strewn about the house, which resulted in me and my sweeper spending quite a lot of time together. After I tucked him back into his "spot", I decided to get out the Valentine's decorations. The Valentine's decorations always make me feel like we're turning a corner to Spring. I'm not sure why especially since we always get MAJOR snow on or around Valentine's day. Oh well, there is just something about it that makes me happy. SO, today's picture is of my friend Oreck and my three favorite Valentine's decorations.