this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

Last Christmas, I felt bad that Bug was going to have many more gifts than Monkey so I impulsively bought a little toy puppy for him. Later I decided that it was silly to buy gifts just for the sake of buying gifts when the recipient was just 18 months old, so I planned on returning it. But I never got around to it, and I'm so glad.

He loved it then and he loves it now. And to think he almost didn't get it.

The toys that were begged for last year are sort of collecting dust now, the surprise ones were the hits last year. It almost makes me want to go to the store and randomly choose gifts for the kids - it certainly worked last year!