Bloons!

"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon,"
Winnie the Pooh

Today was Luis and I's third February 14th together, but our very first Valentine's Day. We exchanged cute little presents and shared pink and red M&M's...and I got two big red heart shaped balloons! Plus some really snuggly Pooh Bear PJs and the most precious earrings to match the necklace he got me on our first anniversary :) It felt so good to be sneaky and buy sweet things for him. I think this is what I really miss about not having holidays with Luis; the giving.

I used to think it was about the decorations and my presents and it may have been that in the beginning but now, it's definitely about shopping around for the best pair of slippers to get him or spending hours, literally, creating a photo album of our love story just to see the look on his face when he opens it. I know that I don't need a specific day of the year to do any of this, and I really couldn't care less whether or not we do it at the same time as everyone else, but it was so fun waiting to see what we did for each other and what kind of cute surprises we had cooked up.

Luis made me a "Top Secret Mission" (scavenger hunt) to find all of my presents; it was perfect. Even though I definitely knew what each of my presents were a couple of days ago, I definitely wasn't expecting something so well thought out. Not that I don't have faith in him, it's just that he's really bad at keeping secrets.

Anyways, I chose this quote from Pooh today because I've been so cheerful and full of love all day today and while flowers certainly bring color into a home, I'm glad to have ballons floating over my kitchen table instead. They're so playful and happy; I can't help but grin when I look at them. They've kept up my good mood tonight even though I'm really dreading my homework...hopefully they'll work their magic all week!