Over the holiday I managed to watch the entire and only season of a show called FireFly. Then I went into a rage because there was only one season!

Anyway in the first episode they us the word shiny as a replacement for "cool". Which stuck in my head. If I used it in real life no one would get it, but I did have to come up with a theme for my Valentine's Day Mini Sessions!

I always see other photographers using their kids in the promos. Free labor right? After my shoot with Flynn I don'y know how they do it! 

He loved putting each scene together with me and had fun taking it down, but the actual shooting? I had ten seconds where he stayed still.

The first set was simple. Some banners and a box of chocolates, which I ate most of the night before.

It's simple but my very first real Valentine was a box of chocolates sent to me across the country by my first boyfriend after we had moved. Nothing says VDay best like a heart box right! I chose shiny gold letters and a shiny red box to stick with the theme.

The next set was heart banners and roses. This set actually turned out to be Flynn's favorite. My heart melted when he handed them to me. He had a blast tearing up the petals and throwing them in the air. I might warn parents they don't have to do this one though. Rose petals can stain clothes!

The next set Flynn and I covered the ground with silver foil. He tried to cover the walls as well when my back was turned. He then layed down and I dumped twenty pounds of Hersey Kisses on him. He thought it was hilarious. At clean up though he was no help and just tried to shove as many of them as possible into his mouth before I could get them up.

The last set is cheesy love song lines in gold, shiny letters with a microphone. Singing is how my husband got me. He also to this day tries to use the the corny Dean Martin, "Baby it's cold outside." line on me. I did envision little boys in suspenders and girls with boas but Flynn is more of a kilt then suspenders boy.

Excited to see what all of the Happy Little Tree kids think when they come up for their mini sessions!