For as long as the girls have been alive I've vowed to give them the following every year: An Easter basket, a Christmas stocking and a little Valentine's treat. Growing up, Easter baskets were hit and miss--some years I got them and some I didn't. By around age 10 I'm pretty sure I stopped getting them altogether (and yet, Mom gave all of my nieces and nephews one every year until they were at least 18). Same with stockings, although I think I got one most years. And not that V-day is that big of a deal for kids, but I only remember getting anything once, maybe twice. But then again, we always had school parties where we got lots of candy, so no biggie. So anyway, I vowed that the girls would always get all of those things until they graduated from high school. Valentine's is never much, usually just a small treat and maybe a gift card. This year I got them each a small candle from Target, their favorite candy (Altoids for Olivia and wint...
The Seahawks are Super Bowl Champions for the 2nd time ever! We had a great time at our friends' house watching the game. It was just them and us, so it was easy to actually watch the game, whereas usually when we're there for the SB the guys go upstairs to watch and the women gather downstairs and mostly talk and occasionally glance at the TV. My love of the Seahawks started back in '82 when I was in 8th grade. My parents were diehards and had season tickets but watched all the away (and some home) games at home. So, I had been exposed since their inception in '76, but never cared or paid attention. One day in 8th grade I just started watching and things started clicking. I started to understand the concept of the four downs and it all started to make sense. Then in '83 my parents got divorced, so I got to go to some of the games with either parent, usually my dad. The seahawks were having a great season in '83, and I went to the last gam...