Valentine Party

Today was Rebekah's Valentine party at preschool. Although Joshua's class did not technically have a party, they did celebrate. The older kids sat against the walls in the hallways while the little ones paraded through the preschool handing out valentines. Rebekah seemed to get a kick out of seeing Joshua walk down the hallway with his class. His class also had cookies and got goody bags even though the day was not as much of a party as it was for Rebekah's class.

Rebekah had lunch, exchanged Valentines with her classmates, and decorated cookies. The parents were invited to join their children for the event.

One of my precious Valentines.


Rebekah and her "prince" Haydon. They say they are going to get married.






Rebekah and Briana


Rebekah and her best preschool girlfriend Dru


Rebekah holds her heart-shaped cookie she decorated


Most of Rebekah's class with teacher Mrs. Becca


Me with my 3 favorite kids. :-) Joshua's shirt says, "My Mommy is My Valentine".

Valentine Fun!

Tuesday morning was Rebekah's preschool Valentine party. Since Joshua is a bit of a handful at these parties I opted to take him to my mom's to play while I went to Rebekah's party. I'm so glad I did! It was nice to be able to focus on her and not have to keep one eye on Joshua the whole time.

Here are a few pictures from the party.

The kids wait their turn to pass out valentines.


Rebekah digs into her bag.




The kids singing the prayer over their food.




Lately Rebekah has discovered winking. Here she is with one of her friends Brooklyn. Yes, Brooklyn is that tiny!


During story time Rebekah sat in my lap and Brooklyn sat next to me to be close to Rebekah. She wanted to hold Rebekah's hand for a while then she played with one of Rebekah's corkscrew curls hanging down over her shoulder. Brooklyn looked up at me and asked, "How did her hair get like that?" It's so cute to see Rebekah's peers in awe over her hair.

That evening was the Father/Daughter banquet at church. Girls have to be four years or older to attend, so this was Darrin's and Rebekah's first year. The theme this year was a Hawaiian/Luau theme. Attendees could either dress for the theme or they could dress up more formally. Some dads even go to the extent of wearing tuxes! Rebekah was so excited to dress up for the night!

Darrin came home with a coral rose for Rebekah. At first she wanted to take it with her, but I convinced her to put it in a bud vase so it wouldn't ruin. When they got to church they had their picture made and later had a Hawaiian themed meal - chicken and rice with pineapple - of which Rebekah did not eat because she claimed she didn't like it. (It was not really a kid-friendly meal.) After the meal they had a devotion. By this time it was 7:30 and Rebekah was crawling into Darrin's lap. They had a few little games at the end, but Darrin brought Rebekah home instead. He said all the girls Rebekah's age had a hard time due to their maturity level. They wanted to get up and play, and Rebekah wasn't sitting with her friends, so she was constantly up walking over to visit with them. I'm sure next year she will enjoy it more when she is a bit older.

I took a few pictures of Darrin and Rebekah before they left the house. Don't they look sharp?