Happy Valentine's Day

It's been a busy couple of weeks around the TePastte household. The kids and I have been fighting colds and some of us have also been teething. With conferences coming up next week, I don't anticipate much of a reprieve!

We had a fantastic Valentine's Day though! Gary surprised me with a new camera, the one I'd been drooling over. Just last Saturday I was thinking of putting it on layaway but decided against it. I was shocked, to say the least. So, here are the first photos of the kids with the new camera. I anticipate great things once I'm actually able to read the manual!

Mia destroyed my Valentine flowers, but at least she had fun! She loved smelling them, and even inspired Ben to give it a try.

He wasn't nearly as enthusiastic!

Then, while shaking a carnation, she hurled the head right off of the flower!

She tried very hard to put the flower back on the stem. :)