happy valentines day!

we have been busy little valentines over here this week. having a toddler who is excited about arts & crafts and baking makes me so happy. it's motivated me this year to do a few little projects.

we spent a few days making valentine cards for all of our far-away family members. it was so fun to sit with riley and make cards together. of course i had to interject and remind her to not use so much glue or glitter, but we managed to survive.

yesterday i made a huge batch of sugar cookies during naptime and once she woke up we rolled and cut out heart-shaped cookies. we frosted the cookies and will add all the "frinkles" today. we even bought some cute little plates to use to transport to a few of riley's friends.

as a totally random sidenote, i have to tell a story about the other night.

after we got back from our fun date and brought riley home she was in crazy hyper mode after being with her friends. tyler was in the bathroom with her and was asking her to stop doing whatever obnoxious behavior she was doing. she continued on her merry way so tyler started to raise his voice. (all the while i am laying in bed listening to all of this). she then tells him, in a very calm voice, "no freaking out" and repeats herself over and over. i was almost in tears i was laughing so hard, which in turn amped her up even more. so she then started running around and ran into her room and slammed the door. she decided she didn't like being stuck inside her room so she started knocking on her door and saying, over and over again, "hey, what's going on here?". needless to say it was difficult to get her to fall asleep and it wasn't until just after 9 that she finally went down.

have a happy valentines day!