happy valentine's day!

 

Check out the drool on Miss Sadie, we're slowly waiting on a chomper to appear!

Today, I am thankful for the company of my two love bugs & giving them extra kisses and snuggles. Especially since Mr. Lover Lover is hard at work - he left at 8am this morning & I will probably see him tomorrow ... lol.

Today, I am happy to see so many of my friends and family post on social media networks messages to their loved ones. Happy to know that there's a whole lotta love going around & a little reminder goes a long way.

Today, I was excited to see Aiden's face as he sorted out his Valentine's. He also said that he had a blast at the Valentine's dance party, hehe.

Today, I attempted to build the Expedit that I have been longing for (reminder). But I've given up and I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave it smack in the middle of our living room - since I didn't anticipate it weighing like a beast. I'm in need of my husband's muscles ;)

Today, I am going to hop into bed ASAP & maybe eat some of my vday chocolate while I'm there - ok, not maybe - definitely.

So really, just another day for us here.
Happy Valentine's Day, hope your day was just splendid! :)

Bye for now ... she's practicing on perfecting her wave  :)

DIY: oh my valentine!

Being on maternity leave definitely has it's far share of perks.
One of my favourites is having the time to do fun creative things with A for his classmate - especially to celebrate the holidays. I originally found the idea on Pinterest - go figure. I thought heck, this looks easy enough - because we all know how sometimes DIYs turn into frustrating disasters. But this was right up my alley. Take a simple photo (with a A's Valentine's suit - lol), adjust the sizing & add a banner in Photoshop then using an exacto knife cut slits to make the illusion of holding the lolly. I also left the "from:" part of the card blank so Aiden could continue practicing writing his name x30. This is such hard work Ma! But I'm sure my friends are hard at work on their Valentine cards too. (amazing). So happy how they turned out! Even Aiden couldn't get enough of them :)

& nothing like a little photo bomb from Prince Charming himself ... with some chocolate on his face and between his teeth, lol.

So what are your Valentine's day plans? Did you make anything crafty? Do you go all out?
It's always super quiet here, since Ryan works 5864 hours that day to cook for all the lovers on their romantic dates, hehehe. But that's ok, we share 364 other days of love (cheeseball, barf - ok, I'll stop now).

Enjoy tomorrow!

the obsession continues ...

& now for the boys!

one. two. three. four. five. six. seven.

I got the A approval on all the pieces, score!
I know most people think that it's much more "fun" to dress little girls, but since day one, I've always had a blast dressing A. I also like to think that he loves fashion and loves shopping with me for new threads (LOL). But since he's started school, I try not to have him wear his "cool" clothes. For obvious reasons (rips, stains, disappearing to the land of God knows where, etc). Except this guy refuses to wear sweats to school or anything remotely comfy ... um, Aiden - you have gym today, you have to wear sweats. Negative. He will not leave the house unless he's wearing skinnies - yes skinnies. We usually pick out his clothes together the night before and he's always agrees with me on the outfit selection (even when sweats are chosen), but come morning time ... a pair of his skinnies creep onto his legs and off to school he goes. He knows he'll get away with it because I'm still zzz-ing with Sadie-Q while Daddy takes him to school & as if Ryan will scold him on his outfit selection (LOL). I may have created a monster - at least he's well dressed :)

there's no such thing as too many ...

stripes.

My closet is filled with stripes. I think it always has been. When I shop for A and even Ryan, I gravitate towards the stripes, 98 percent of the time. & now it's Miss Sadie's turn & I'm sure she'll have her fair share of the stripes! & they're so adorbs on little people clothes. Weeeeeeee!

one. two. three. four. five. six. seven.

Side note: because of my friend Rachel, I've now been stalking Gap Canada's website for their new arrivals ... daily. I just can't get enough! But have you ever tried to shop the sale section at The Gap?! Let's be honest - why pay for something at regular price when it'll go on sale next week? What a nightmare!, never again I tell myself, never again. So I've fallen in love with shopping online. Can't beat free shipping (on orders over $50), flash sales (like take an extra x% off all orders) aannnnd my favourite pro - my order arrives in such a speedy fashion! This could be a problem, lol.  

letters to you: my heart is bursting with proudness

Dear A,

Naturally, we were nervous for your 1st day of school - probably more than you were. But you did great! & you continue to love it every day. I had your parent / teacher interview a few days ago & us being proud is an understatement. You're learning, thriving and excelling. You're such a sponge & your curiousity and thirst for knowledge is refreshing! I know you'll do wonders in this world.

Love,
Daddy, Mama & Sadie-Q