Will you be my Valentine? and you? and you? and you?

 Mrs Beaver took the boys out into the village for a spot of shopping, when Michael noticed the lovely display of valentine cards in the Applewood Store.

"Momma, could I use my pocket money to buy this for Sandy Neptune?"
"oh, of course my darling, how sweet!"

At home, Michael got to writting his Valentines. But he didn't just buy a card for Sandy Neptune. He also bought cards for Poppy Fenton, Saffron Walnut and Creme Chocolate, inviting them all to Valentines dinner!

"Renee wont mind me using her glitter and perfume for the cards.
Hopefully one of them will turn up!"

The next morning Sandy and the others all received a pink rose and card from Michael. He invited each one to dinner at the Bistro in the town.

"Momma, I have a Valentines from Michael. But it smells like ladies perfume!"

Michael waited at the door of the restaurant excited to see who would turn up. Well, they all turned up at once, Creme, Saffron, Sandy and Poppy, and they weren't very happy with him!

"Michael, did you invite all of these lovely ladies?!"

The little ladies all decided to spend their valentines together, while Michael had dinner with his Momma.

"Well, I think this all turned out for the better. The girls got a free pie,
and I get to have dinner with my favourite lady!"
"Well, I had to buy the pie, but yes, it is rather lovely" 

New Year, New Me

Mr Beaver thought enough was enough. After indulging in all the treats over Christmas, it was time to get into shape.

"Thats it Mrs Beaver, New Year, New Me"

He put on his brand new trainers, filled up his water bottle and headed out for his first run of the year.

"Good Luck, Poppa. You've got this!"

Mr Beaver ran through the town as everyone cheered him on!

"Go Mr Beaver, Go!"

With all the positive vibes coming from all the Sylvanians, he decided to hit the beach and take his training to the next level. 

(singing the rocky theme tune) "dadadah dadadah dadadadadah dadadadadadadaaaaaaaah"

He made it to the top of the cliff and ran all the way to the Berry Grove School school. He ran around the grounds and jumped the fence.

"Wahoo! I'm feeling on top of the word!"

But then it all got a bit much. Mr Beaver took a turn, possibly sprained his ankle and became so thirsty he almost drank from a puddle. So he limped to the shop to grab a drink.

"I'm done."

He limped all the way home.

"MR BEAVER! What on earth have you done"
"I may have overdone it for my first run, Mrs Beaver!"

Mr Beaver had an idea, something he'd read about in the sports section of the Sylvanian Times.

"Poppa, what are you doing?!"
"This is what all us athletes do after a work out, young Michael; an ice-bath!"
"but poppa, you don't even like the cold!"

He peeled his dirty clothes off and took the plunge.

"Aaaaaaah it's so cold!!!!!"

He lasted all of 2 seconds in the ice-bath. So he wrapped up in his dressing gown, put the kettle on and filled a plate full of biscuits.

"The thing is boys, life is all about balance"
"and biscuits!"