Andrea's Daycare

The days I watch my nieces, it's pretty crazy around here.  I always have a craft for the big kids to do.  Sometimes the little ones get to do one too, but usually they get stuck just coloring.  As you can imagine, it's hard to do all this AND take pictures.  However, this one day I decided I was gonna take a few.  

This was the day after Valentine's Day and we had already done a V-Day craft the week before, but I saw this and just had to do it.  I made a heart stamp out of a toilet paper roll and some tape.   

Then got some paint and let the kids stamp away.

Later that day, we made a fort.

After awhile, Fia took a quiet break to read her new favorite book.

Zoo Trip with Daddy

Andy was off for President's Day so we wanted to have a Family Fun Day together.  We tried taking the kids to this new indoor jump house and playground place, but it was so packed they actually told us we couldn't come in.  Madeline was understandably extremely upset so we needed to figure something out fast. It was beginning to be a beautiful day so we decided to head to the zoo.  It started out a bit cold at 37 degrees, but with the sun, we hardly noticed and we had a wonderful time.  I'm so glad that other place turned us down.

The polar bears were loving the cool weather.  We stayed here for awhile and watched them since one was swimming around.

I captured Fia's face right as one of the polar bears jumped into the water.  She loved it!

We finally made it to an indoor exhibit so we could defrost a bit.  According to Fia, all the animals in this exhibit were polar bears too.  The manatees were sleeping so Madeline determined they were just big rocks in the water.  So she headed to the interactive video screens.

While Madeline did that, Daddy had some fun with Fia Bia.

Daddy tried to get Madeline to touch this walking stick.  She put her hand up, but she just couldn't do it.  I don't blame her, I wouldn't do it either.

Fia stopped to check out Monkey Island.

This picture cracks me up!  Fia saw me with the camera, turned around and posed and said, "CHEESE!" and then went back to watching the monkeys. 

Andy hadn't been to the zoo with us before so it was a blast having him there with us.  Even though our originals plans didn't pan out, we had an awesome day together.

Tastefully Simple On Tour

Over the weekend, I took a trip to Louisville, KY to attend a regional conference for Tastefully Simple with my team.  I had an absolute blast and learned so much!  The first evening we were there, we learned all about the new Spring/Summer items coming in March.  Then we got to try them at dinner and boy are they good!  I'm sworn to secrecy for another week so I can't share the details just yet.

Here we are the first night.... from the left it's Trisha, Wendy, Jennifer and Me.

Uncle Steve and Aunt Mary let us shack up with them so we could save on hotel fees.  While we were there, we had a "meeting" in the wine cellar.  

The next morning we were treated to a surprise visit by our CEO, Jill Blashack Strahan.  She was only with us for 30 minutes, but it was awesome to get to hear her speak. She is such a down-to-earth woman.

We had a lot of great training, but one of the highlights of the day was award recognition.  This is a picture of  my sponsor up on stage being recognized as a Top 10 Sponsor in 2011 (she is farthest to the left).  

Later that day, my teammates and I took advantage of a break and had a practice session for when we get to be up on stage.  Our goal is to get there for National Conference in August.  The goal is set... now it's time to get to work and make it there!