Valentiny

I started my Valentine’s Day by finding a card from Jim in the egg basket in the fridge. 🙂 Love it. The really funny thing is that I had already planned to leave his card on top of his breakfast plate, which I leave in the fridge every morning. We are quite the pair.

Then JT got the gift of his (short) lifetime, and it was unexpected. I went to Kid to Kid and on our way out, a woman was coming in carrying a wood Thomas the Train box. I said, “Whatcha got there?” with a smile, and JT yelled, “Look! Thomas!” The woman smiled and showed me that, inside the box, she had tons and tons of track, and four buildings, and lots of train characters. She was going to see how much Kid to Kid would give her for the set. Now, in case you aren’t aware, these little Thomas train characters are pricey. They are about $15 each, and she’s showing me a box full of characters. To make a long story short, I offered to beat what the store was offering her, depending on what the store offered of course, and she came back out and gave me a really reasonable price. Sold!

As if JT didn’t play with his trains enough… now he has enough track to cover the family room, and enough characters to keep himself occupied for quite some time. The set is in excellent condition, and the woman had even put the picture of the set from the cardboard box it came in at the bottom of the wood box so we have a model of how everything works. JT just about jumped for joy when he saw Sir Topham Hat and Knapford Station!

We came home for lunch and JT had a surprise for me… a card and a bag of Reeses Minis. He wrote M-O-M on the card all by himself. Jim told me that he spelled it outloud and wrote the Ms on the outsides first and then the O in the middle last – “M… M… O.” I think it is actually pretty good because the Ms are the same shapes and have little humps at the bottom. Inside he signed his name, two letters, one an upside down T and the other a squiggle.

We got the Cole kids a webcam for Valentine’s, and we got to Skype with them after lunch for the first time. It was so much fun! This looks posed, but it’s not. We are really looking forward to seeing them more often, even if it’s online.

And finally, my new sling came from Seven Slings. (They had a special to pay only shipping – use code CUPID at checkout!) I am happy to have something to carry Haley in that fits in the diaper bag and is quick and easy to use. I love my Moby Wrap but it isn’t good in wet parking lots and isn’t very compact. I will use the sling for quick shopping trips and things where Haley doesn’t want to be in her car seat (which is, um, all the time) but I can’t have a stroller. I used it at storytime at the library and it was perfect, because it’s her naptime and she eventually fell asleep, but I was able to have my hands free for checking out books and holding JT’s hand in the parking lot. It is super comfy to wear and I got so many compliments at the library from the other moms! I will be able to use it for awhile because she can also sit up in it, facing the other way.