Valentine's Day 2013

Brat comes home yesterday with all the valentine gifts she got from her classmates and teachers. A bag full of goodies ,mostly tattoos,3D stickers and a few candies. We  go through all the gifts and I tell her who gave her what. She is super excited about everything and collects all of them in a pile. Then she pulls out an art work mainly consisting of various hearts in different colors and sizes glued together and with magnets behind it so that it can be put on the fridge. It was her art project from class for V-Day. She hands it to me saying “This is for you mama”. I’m so moved and I put it very safely on the fridge. I ask her to put the rest of the gifts in her room and walks away. She comes back asking if she can gift the same magnet to Neeru and I agree. She runs to her brother with her artwork and says “See Neeru this is my valentine gift for you” and hugs him. Then she skips off to her room happily to put away the gifts. I felt so touched and proud of my little girl. The moment didn’t last very long as I turned around to see the brother tear the artwork into few pieces and chews on a few. The sister spotted this and ran to save the rest of the artwork and then unfolded another story which I shall mildly say ended in tears, fist fights  and such. Whatever was saved went back again on the fridge. After some time the pater returned from work. Brat again runs to the fridge ,grabs the magnet and tells me “This is my gift to Dada”. I smile and agree. Dada walks in and is pounced upon with hugs and the magnet. After several hours when the house is quiet and the kids are asleep I spot the magnet again lying on the floor with just few hearts left on it. I fondly put it back on the fridge hoping my little girl grows up and gives her heart to the right person.