Valetine's Day

I felt out of the loop on Valentine's Day this year. Normally I feel like I'm pretty put together in my plans for gifts and ideas...but this year, I was out shopping the night before with every other MALE in the city. I couldn't figure out why I had to park a mile away until I walked in and realized, "Ahhh, yes, I'm with the planners." Anyway, I think the kids were happy regardless of my prior detachment from the planning.

I wanted to keep it pretty simple because...well, my kids need nothing, but I wanted them to know they're my best Valentines. Oh, yes, Travis? Of COURSE, he's mine, but let me just tell you what he got for Valentine's Day: a speeding ticket for over $200. I won't elaborate my thoughts on that on here, but suffice it to say that I was not the LEAST bit happy. Still not actually.

I had that Rudolph (it's actually "Comet" from the Rudolph special) for Jaggar that I ordered off of Ebay because it just looked like him, so I wanted to find something comparable for Sage. I have learned many times that it's best to keep it even in EVERY SINGLE WAY. She was SO happy with this bear. This child LOVES stuffed animals.

And then there's this one. It's so funny to see the differences in he and Sage. Sage is SO much like Travis, and Jaggar is SO much like me. Sage loves bologna (I don't even want to TOUCH it, much less eat it), cheetos, nasty sugary pixie stick like candy, etc just like Travis. Jaggar? He loves dark chocolate. Chocolate. Chocolate. And chocolate. Sage ate one piece of her chocolate and put the lid back on for later. She was thrilled with the bear and couldn't wait for Jaggar to see his reindeer. Ha, he was MUCH more excited about the candy. Jaggar ate his entire box of chocolates in 5 minutes. I hid Sage's because he'd have eaten her's, too.

Sage just loved her stuffed animal and carried it around everywhere before school. Jaggar looked at his, asked if he could sleep with it, threw it in his bed and went straight for the candy. I love these two angels and all of their differences. They make MY life so much sweeter.