Monday, 14 February 2011

Picture Book Marathon: Day Fourteen

Happy Valentines Day!

I was feeling totally uninspired for today. I was trawling the internet for ideas. I liked the idea of a Valentines theme, but it's not until you actual look for ideas that you discover that Valentines Day a) inspires little originality and b) is, in the main, massively inappropriate for children.

While searching I did, however find this vintage Valentine which is pretty brilliant and this one, which while I haven't read the whole thing, is pretty romantic.

However, in the midst of all the searching, I stumbled across a friend who has just brought his two week old son home from hospital, who told me that my inspiration should come from the snowdrops, the daffodils and all the ripe nappies that he's dealing with. So. Romantic. However, he also posted pictures of said son which, while I won't post them here, did feature the toy mole that my sister and I made for him:


So. Valentines Day. Moley. It all came together. I think that Moley probably discovers Cupid, injured, and offers in a helpful sort of way to do his job for him. Hilarity ensues. Probably. 

Have a very happy Valentines day.

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