Anna Kate, Brylee, Cerly, Rose and Katie live it up every time they get together! 

We had a super thoughtful Valentine’s this year, and I am so thankful for all of the big hearts around here!  Noelle wrote the Valentine on the left and made a super big rainbow loom bracelet to go with it.  I can’t go into detail about why, but it left me in tears how thoughtful Noelle is;  I’ll never ever forget how compassionate her tender heart is toward others.  She is literally ALWAYS thinking about other people!!!  In kindergarten, a kid asked Noelle, “Why do you dress so fancy every day?”  And she said, “I get fancied up for all you guys!”  She has the sweetest heart! 

We were busy helping a friend who ended up giving us these cute little airplanes to go in Anna Kate’s Valentines this year.  There are some people I say, “I can’t out give you!”  The second I give them something (time, food, a night out, anything), they give me 10X what I gave them, just out of the goodness of their hearts, without even trying.  Those people drive me crazy because they are so crazy cool!  Anna Kate had a blast giving her airplanes to her school friends, and we’re already thinking about her kindergarten box for next year!

Noelle won “Silliest Valentine box” last year!  It was such a cool award because 1. her box was so silly and 2. only 3 boxes in the class get an award and it was so cool that her box won something at all!  But… she didn’t understand and thought silly meant not cool, so it made her really sad (she gets that it was a fun award now).  This year, she wanted “Most Beautiful Valentine box” soooo badly!  Well, turns out, the little stinker came home with her “Most Beautiful” box award!  You can’t always get what you want (I’m singing the song), so when it works out, I say, “Celebrate” your hard work!  They even had another class vote on the boxes (very serious business).  I thought she might get “Silliest” again because the face turned out having some silly qualities, but she did it!  And I have to say, Noelle completely designed her box this year.  She told me exactly what she wanted, we bought it, I did the mouth, and she did everything else.  I wouldn’t have thought it up, but it turned out super cute, just like our diva who is missing Disney every day!  She asked me the other day, “Mom, when are you going to start our next clothing line for Disney?”  Bahahaha!  I said, “When I completely forget how tired I still am from that wonderfully exhausting place!”  #clothingline #cantstoplaughing #nevergoingback #okaymaybe #crazygirl

What a hot mess!  Rose had a blast at her friend Jackson’s gym party a couple of weekends ago.  I’m starting to have such a hard time pulling out my camera and taking pictures!  I think as the girls are getting older, it’s just so much more fun to be in the moment, but I do want to be able to look back on memories like Rose and her chickens, ha!

I sure do love you, Mike Pond.  More than words…

Neighbors and friends, Anna Kate, Julia and Malia!  Rose smiling so big to be at her little buddy’s birthday!

Jameson and Rose have been friends since birth!  So cute!  This is a diva Diet Coke, by the way!

I just love the Pond girls’ personalities in this picture… all three are doing their thing, and I never want to forget it! 

Sweet birthday boy had the best smile and was soooo cute while we were singing “Happy Birthday” to him!

We have just about gotten sugar down to birthdays only (yay!)!!!  But today, Anna Kate was going green! 

In the corner getting in trouble because she was screaming for a “blue” piece instead of using her words to ask nicely (Mike sneaked a picture)!

Oh sweet baby Rose!  What are we going to do with you!?!

Her faces crack me up.every.day!

Toward the end of the party, I spotted Jameson to the side of all of the action playing with one of the cars he got for his birthday!  Kids are soooo cool!  This picture makes me so happy we are starting the “Terrific Threes” with Jameson and Rose!!! 

Noelle had a blast following New York Fashion Week this year!  She wanted to dress like the models on the streets of NY for her field trip to the ballet!  She did a great job with this little number.  I don’t know what I’m going to do with her! 

The girls and I took these pictures to surprise Mike for Valentine’s Day!  They had SO much fun being in on such a special secret!  It was such an exciting reveal this morning! 

We surprised the girls for Rose’s birthday evening with tickets to Frozen’s Sing-a-long!  The girls were ecstatic and loved seeing Frozen again!  Noelle and Mike were hilarious singing the boy/girl parts in crazy voices together.  The littles didn’t really understand that they were allowed to sing in a movie, so surprisingly, they were super quiet, but totally attentive.  They were too distracted watching the movie to sing to the songs; very different from their Frozen concerts in the car, but super fun nonetheless!

On to Coldstone and after singing Happy Birthday, it was time for ice cream and a very special present from big sissy! 

Noelle’s love language without a doubt is gift giving!  It’s her favorite way to express her love, hands down.  She made Rose I think 10 cards at school this week, packed them all up and brought them with us to Coldstone, literally all by herself (I didn’t even know about it until the bag was in the car).  Rose loved the Monsters, Inc. pop-up card and all of the other totally Rose-themed cards Noelle designed!

The big girls wanted a picture of Rose holding her birthday cards in front of the cakes, and when I gave up, they were totally disappointed, but I knew I got the shot I wanted to remember!   

What a wonderfully memorable day!  Love you, sweet baby Rose!