Hold On To Your Hats

If you are not already in love with Baby,

After this, you should be.

Backstory:  Kid had a sleepover at a friend's house last night.  Sleepovers are pretty much always a recipe for disaster for our weekend. She has a REALLY hard time sleeping (I mean, I actually have to pack her a sleeping pill).  So when she came home this morning, I was expecting the worst.  She was in a strangely good mood.  (Like a drunk person)  When I found out she had 6 hours of sleep, I knew the shit would hit the fan at some point.  And at 6 PM it definitely did.

After awhile, I said to Baby, "She's pretty mad at me, what do you think I should do?"  And she said "Give her a present."  And I said "I don't have anything to give her."  And she said excitedly, "Don't worry, I do! I just need a small pink box!"

About 15 minutes later she had assembled the cutest box.

"It's perfect for girls her age."  Baby assured me.

What was in it?

Hmm...

an acne wipe in a plastic bag

and a panty liner

Oh my god, I wanted to laugh so hard.  I cannot even tell you.

But I was kind of scared of how it would be received,
considering Kid's mood.

In the end, I decided the pure good hearted adorableness of her creating 

a puberty emergency kit was too much for me to squash.

Then she ran out and came back and added this:

"Oh, that's a good idea because sometimes they crave chocolate."  I said.

"That's what I thought."  Baby replied sagely.

Then she wrapped it up and wrote a note:

"I wrote it in my best adult handwriting" She said,

 and handed it to me to give to Kid.

 Here she is confessing that she really put it together:

And I have to say, Baby was right.  This was the perfect gift.  

Even a grumpy sleep deprived hormonal preteen couldn't deny its charm.  

Three... It's The Magic Number

Baby stayed up late enough, due to an ill timed nap, to actually ring in her birthday. She celebrated by opening her gift from Sweetie & Popi. A Dolphin Pillow Pet! People if you haven't fallen for the Pillow Pet commercials you are missing out! Pillow Pets are the bomb. They are fantastic. Super duper soft and cute. Totally worth the $19.99! 



This morning Baby opened her new number shirt from The Cougar (from Chasing Fireflies if you need one of your very own). She gave Baby one last year and it has been one of her favorite things to wear (outside of pjs... and check out those adorable men's style pjs people!) so when she called to ask for an idea I knew just what to tell her.... a number 3 shirt (too bad Baby is convinced she is 4) This is another fun, useful, while still being *special* gift I recommend for kids... while they are still young enough to be proud of their age.
While the kids fought over the pillow pet I hopped to in the kitchen.  
Around the Furious house we try to keep things simple but festive.  Here's her little face when she walked in and saw the decorations...

Trader Joe's Chocolate Croissants for breakfast... a gift we could all enjoy.


I'm off to make a big pink cake covered in Valentine's Day candy... more to come...