Valentine's Day

 magnifying glass valentine

 car valentine

 love these lights

book pages heart banner

 top secret love note

heart wreath

I love Valentine's Day. Just thought I'd share a few of my favorite V day ideas from pinterest. More ideas here. Enjoy!

A BiRthdaY PReSent

Last year for my Birthday I asked Shawn to build me a built in bookshelf. He is so handy, I just wanted to give him an opportunity to put his great talent to use... Well he didn't like the idea and he bought me something instead. (boo hoo) But with my Birthday coming up next month he knew I'd be making the same request. It is all I want! So I am not sure if he built it to make up for last year, or if it was an early present, but either way I am so in love with it! He and Ethan whipped it up together, and I painted it. I think it turned out great. I am still working on accessorizing it, and I will probably change it several more times until I get it just right.

To go with my bookshelf I had to make a new banner, actually, I made it for my sister Amb, but I had to hang it up to make sure it looked okay before I mailed it off to her, and I almost kept it for myself. I love Valentines Day.

Park Day

 Ethan wouldn't let go of Libby, he was so worried that she was going to fall in the lake! So sweet.

 I love the way Libby runs. She twists her upper body and her arms pump from side to side. Its hilarious. I need to get a video of it.

After cleaning out my freezer I discovered my stash of old bread that I had saved for a park day. (I can't be the only one that does this...good intentions... forgotten? Probably, I am a slacker.) After picking up the boys from school we headed over to the park. I was happily surprised that there were so many ducks, over a hundred easily, aren't they supposed migrate? Well lucky for us they hadn't and we had tons of hungry ducks that were very happy to see us. My Mother Hen, aka Ethan was so worried about libby falling in that he was a nervous wreck at first, I am surprised he doesnt have ulcers! At first I was holding on to Libby to appease him, but then he joined in on the fun, but held on to her himself (apparently I wasn't doing it well enough). Libby loved feeding the ducks and the geese, she also loved feeding herself...One for you, one for me! It was so fun, simple pleasures. I was asking myself the whole time why we hadn't done this sooner. Silly me.