a valentine's recap

One of the things I was most excited about as we began a family was starting traditions. Those little things that make days brighter and lives happier. Anna is finally old enough to understand that something is different, something exciting is happening and for whatever reason today is just a little more special than yesterday.
I love love and looked forward to sharing Valentine's Day with Anna. After she went to bed Monday night I dug out some decorations (all made by me or purchased at Dollarama) and decorated her bedroom doorway. I hung hearts, a banner and blew up balloons (which she LOVES) to have all over the floor.
Here's what it looked like and let me tell you this- a little girl woke up and was beyond excited that her bedroom floor was covered in balloons! It made our day to see her about to burst because she just couldn't get to them all at once! Awesome!

On my 2012 DIY list I had "make a Valentine's tutu for Anna". Here it is.

I bought tulle and an elastic. I measured the elastic around her waist and then sewed it together. I then cut the tulle into strips, put it around the elastic and tied it off into a double knot. I would prefer to not see the elastic but once it was on her you didn't even notice the white of the elastic through the pink tulle.

My Sweet Honey Valentine.

Anna & I spent the day doing things we love and throwing balloons all around the house. That night Cory and I went to Starbucks for full fat lattes and pink whipcream!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day and found something lovely to do.

xoxo