Noelle put her tutu on under her heart nightgown this morning and asked if she could dance.  She is such a special little girl!  Then she and Daddy went to the donut palace and he let her pick out whichever donut she wanted.  She chose chocolate with star sprinkles, but she was confused that there wasn’t a moon on there – smart girl!

Mike’s too perfect homemade Valentine card he made for us in Microsoft Paint.  Noelle’s holding her Valentine bag, and I have the initials AK on my belly.

Noelle has been making us laugh constantly.  Here are some of the random things she’s come up with this week:

"I love you, Mommy & Daddy.  You’re my favorite pirates!" (she meant parents)

"I’m so incredible!"

"Please don’t look at me… I’m in a bad move." (mood)

"I’m a little bitty princess."

"Princesses don’t wear shoes, they wear glass slippers."

"You’re my super star, Mommy!"

We had such a great Sunday getting to be with the fam!

Since Brother Man moved to Houston last month we’ve really been missing him, so it was so sweet getting to spend some time with him while he was in town. Curtis is holding down the fort for John in Dallas.  We loved seeing Curtis too–and someone has a little crush!

Making eyes at Brother Man.

Rosie smelling the rosemary.  I never want to forget this about my sweet Mommy–she always takes time to "smell the roses."

DNA is a funny thing… I can’t get over these two!  I never thought my daughter would look more like my little bro than me!  They were checking out the birds in this pic.

Love you, John Boy!

We had a quick nap on the way back to Arlington and then headed to the park for Daniel’s birthday.  Daniel is a friend of Noelle’s from school.

Logan and Noelle playing in the dirt together.

Noelle, Daniel, and Finn

Rose and Noelle had a blast getting dirty digging in the dirt.  Daniel got lots of cool toys and had a great birthday!

Mike took these one night last week when he and Noelle were spending time together.

She loves to dance while Mike plays the guitar. 

Precious!  Thanks Mike for these sweet pictures.

I LOVE this pic – too funny!  These are most of the kids from our small group at Mops.  We had so much fun having everyone over to decorate cookies and cupcakes.

I LOVE this picture too – the icing on the tip of Noelle’s nose is so great!

Sweet Aiden – he has such a great smile!

Sam’s little sissies!

Noelle with her dolly she named "Jillian," and Noelle with her real live buddy, Jillian.

Aww…

Noelle and Jillian "walked the dog" around the table probably 50 times while singing all sorts of made-up songs.  It was a trip!

Telling Rara all about the party!

Having a blast with Mommy… love these silly times.

Noelle loves to rock and roll right before bedtime!

Noelle wore this shirt last year – it’s so cool she’s getting to wear clothes more than one season now!  Yippee!

This is a pic I just couldn’t resist taking after school today.  You can tell sweet girl still isn’t back to 100%, but she couldn’t be a better trooper! 

Showing off her tights!  She thought they were so cool when she first saw them this morning.  I bought them after Valentine’s last year (you know me) but kept them a surprise!

We’re having our Mops small group over for a cupcake decorating Valentine play date tomorrow.  We are so excited to have friends come over to our "treehouse!"

Noelle watching her favorite show "Clifford" while I decorate.  She loves to go up the stairs like a puppy.  She’ll even make puppy noises and get all into it!

I spilled my drink while eating lunch with Mike and Noelle yesterday, and Noelle looked at me so confused and said, "What in the world?"  She is saying the funniest things these days!  She went on to tell us how "delicious" her food was.

Her school teacher asked if she could take Noelle home with her and said they wouldn’t have just a "good" time but a "pleasant" time because Noelle always likes to use fancy words.  I thought it was so cute her teacher picked up on that!