Alisa Arwen: Valentine's Day

Alisa started the day by opening the box of presents Grandmom mailed for her and Ryan. Then, she opened presents from me and we went to Starbucks to buy Craig a bag of coffee and eat a snack. We picked up Craig's medication and returned something at Wal-Mart and I bought Alisa a $2 heart balloon. We ate lunch at Taco Bell and then went shopping at Kohl's because they were having a sale, plus you got $10 Kohl's cash for every $50 you spent AND I had a coupon for 20% off everything. Alisa kept saying "What a cute little outfit!" as we looked for spring clothes for her. I had her try on a few shirts (only because a couple of shirts I've bought from there in the past were too tight but I didn't know that until I had cut the tags off and washed them already) and then she wanted to keep trying on shirts and pants and dance around. We went to Toys 'R Us next to take advantage of a sale on diapers (for Ryan) and to browse for a bit.

Showing me the monkey Grandmom sent her (while holding the dog she sent Ryan--Alisa asked if she could take care of it until Ryan is older):

Looking at the Dora book from Grandmom:

Presents and card from Grandmom (the kitty card was perfect for her as it is a kitty and it's soft):

Opening presents from me:

Looking at book from me ($1 section at Target, ohh yeah):

Presents from me:

After all that shopping, we went to a party at her friends' house (twins Cate & Abby). We were invited more because I am their mom's friend than Alisa is their friend (they are 4 or 5 years old). The following pictures were taken there.

Riding scooter for 1st time at Cate & Abby's house:

Making Valentine's Day cards with friend Lillian (and her mom Daniela):

Alisa told me she was writing, "I love Mommy. I love Daddy. I love baby Ryan. I love Minga. I love Bow-Wow." on each of the foam heart stickers. Precious!