I didn't exactly talk the wife into it. Once the Mrs. decided she needed something and I bought it for her and told her "Merry Christmas" (because for the first time ever I had no idea what to give her) she was insisting that she didn't care whether I gave Rhianna the vest early or not. I was kind of waiting because I really had nothing else to give her--but I found an Angry Birds backpack on sale, so I bought that and the first thing I did when we got home was show her the vest.
She absolutely adores it. She has picked out her school clothes tomorrow around the vest, and she hurried to get to bed and go to sleep "because the sooner I go to sleep the sooner I can wear my new vest!"
She did ask me "Daddy, is it hand-wash only? Because it is very special..."
