Saving for a Rainy Day

Happy Valentine's Day. As you can see, the Gremlin is very excited about it. She has her new Valentine's Day outfit on from Gasue (which I am sure Aunt Tristan approves of with the cupcake booty). We slept in (I had to go wake her up at 7:40) and were in a great mood when I got her out of bed. Despite the rain, it has actual been a great morning.

Not sure where this gene is coming from, but the Gremlin is apparently a saver. She loves loves loves putting money into her piggy bank (thank you G-gpa and G-Aud). When she runs out of change, she turns it over and tries to open it to get the money out so she can put it back in. She actually did this for about 10 minutes this morning. Now I just need to put her in front of a wishing fountain and we might actually be able to pay for college one day.

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