Explore! Rescue! Protect! Lily Boo's been saving up and today she finally had enough for the Octopod.

And here it is, fully assembled (Lily had to put her fingers in her ears while Daddy turned the air blue trying to put the pieces together).

The postman had a heavy old sack on Valentine's Day. Not only did Lily receive lots of cards...

...but she even had a gentleman caller bring a heart-shaped cookie to the door!

Then yesterday, Lily was invited to a birthday party. Better still, she had a whole new outfit to debut.

A study in pink.

There was lots of fun and prizes.

Not to mention lots of friends.

And what more could a girl want than her very own heart-topped pink balloon sceptre?

Finally, here's a cute little drawing our budding artist created – and annotated, all by herself.