Love.....

The time is fast approaching

when red hearts take center stage!


Carefully chosen Valentines will fill makeshift
mailboxes in grade school classes,
and chocolate hearts abound!



I vividly remember the Valentines Day
party that we hosted at my house
for my third grade class.
Where I went to grade school
at Annapolis Area Christian School,
(AACS, baby!)
each class had a class mom who would arrange
party hosts for different holidays throughout the year.
The parties would be held in student's homes.

Being the romantic that I was even then,

I was just thrilled that the Valentines Day party

would be at my house!

To be associated with the holiday

that was all about sending out love notes

was just divine in my book!

Mom and I decorated the party space with red and pink hearts.

This would be a party to be remembered.

Eyes would meet across the room,

true love would be declared and

everyone would have a great time!

Sadly,

third grade boys and third grade girls are not on

the same wavelength.

At least in my day they weren't.

I'm not even sure if they are on the same planet!

Within five minutes of arrival,

most of the boys that had any appeal

were out climbing the trees in my neighborhood.

We girls, dressed in frills,

ready for our prince charmings to tell us how beautiful we were,

sat there and looked at each other.

A few of us ventured out to oooh and ahhh

over how high our chosen boy had climbed,

but the party for all intents and purposes

had definitely taken a more

rustic turn.

Everyone reunited once the cupcakes

were served, but

very little electricity was exchanged.

No love-lorn glances,

No declarations of true love.

Just a bunch of sweaty boys

trying to prove that they were

master tree-climbers

and a bunch of disappointed girls

who realized at precisely that moment

that Valentines Day is over-rated

and the only real Princes in their lives that day

were their Daddies!

Bren is ready for "daddy is my real Prince" day

in this Baby Go Retro set!

The weather forced us inside for these photos,

but luckily,

Bren has a fun bedroom

with walls that made the perfect

background to this set!

I took a few practice shots

to make sure the lighting in Bren's room

would work for the shoot

and I ended up with two really cute ones!

Happy New Year everyone!

I hope yours has started out on the right foot!

I'll be back to blog about my

resolutions

soon!!!!