My Funny Little Valentines

What a fun week this has been! This was Scottie's first Valentine's Day in school, so we're very proud of his first valentine. (I can't figure out how to fix the picture to the right -- I did take it the right way, but blogger is auto "fixing" it to make it vertical when it should be horizontal.) Anyway, The front is marble painted in the pic to the left. On the back, Scottie drew a picture of me (the one in blue) and a picture of Ron (the one in red) and wrote the word, "boy" (to the left of Ron's head) all by himself!! We're so proud of him!! The poem in the center is very sweet, too. It reads:

"Most holidays our teacher
Has us do some special art.
You can see our hands and fingerprints,
But do you see our hearts?

You cannot see a "heart-print,"
But our hearts are there each time.
So please accept my little heart,
in this special valentine."

Talk about making a Mommy burst with love and pride for my special little Scottie!!

And Robbie's class did a great celebration this week, too! Today, his teachers held a "Kindness Awards" ceremony. Each student was honored for a kind act in class. Mrs. Drury had Robbie stand in front of the class as she read his award out loud. He was so cute and I was so proud! Robbie's award reads:

"This Kindness Award is presented to Robbie Maisch for his kindness to his classmates. When Mrs. Drury, Robbie and a friend were starting to play a game together, and Robbie and his friend both wanted to go first, Robbie decided to let his friend go first.

Thank you, Robbie, for letting your classmate go first when you're taking turns. That is very kind!"

While the boys were at school, Allie and I had our own little play time. I'm just so amazed at how fast she's growing! I went to get her after her morning nap the other day and found her, STANDING UP in her crib! She had pulled up, not just to her knees, but to her feet. I think she was trying to look over the rail to see where she had dropped her paci. (Guess that "object permanence" phase is upon us!). And check out this video below. She can now sit up all by herself without anything holding her up! And she seems to have learned that "piggy toes" means HER toes! Anytime I say it, she reaches out and finds her toes.

And lastly (and my personal favorite), she loves to dance!! We play music or sing and she rocks her little body to the tune. If someone is holding her, she even does a little baby headbanging! We have Ron to thank for this one. He started singing the "La, la...la, la, la....La, la....la, la, la" intro to Offsprings "Self Esteem" and now Allie recognizes it and does her little dance routine every time! Love this baby girl!!