Valentine cupcakes

 

Yesterday Avery's friends. Ruby, came over to play.  They made valentines together and we decorated cupcakes.  Ruby hasn't been over in months because they were going to move to Utah and we were busy over the holidays.  Well she hasn't moved yet because they haven't found the right house in Utah yet so we're happy to have some more time with her.

^ ^ classic kid decorating :) ^ ^

Elliot hadn't gotten home from school at this time since Franklin has early release Wednesdays but he frosted his own cupcakes while Avery had her piano lesson and the rest of us played at Candlelight Park.  This is two times in a row of Candlelight Park during Avery's piano lesson and I think we'll keep it up weekly. :)

playdate makeovers

The first Sunday of spring break I did makeovers on the girls and took some pictures.  I'll have to share some of those photos later because they're so cute.  Of course I always tell the girls they look beautiful without makeup, but everyone loves a little makeover every now and again.  The next day the Bennett girls came over all afternoon so we did makeovers again.  This is something I never did as a kid because my mom hardly wore makeup and didn't have very much.  I, on the other hand, have a dozen lipsticks.  I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to makeup but I love playing around with color.

After doing makeovers I let the girls edit their own selfie with the app Afterlight.  I love this app and use it to edit most of my instagram photos.  I taught them the basics and let them have free reign, something I don't do very often.  We trying to keep screen time to the minimum over here because they're happier when we do and my kids have such great imaginations I want them to continue to develope.  This was such a fun way to be creative and hopefully boost their confidence.

I've tried several photo editing apps but do you have a favorite?  I'm all ears. :)