Hot 'N' Cold

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down

No one says it better about kids ever-changing likes and dislikes, as Katy Perry lyrics in her song Hot ‘N’Cold.

 Sometimes you plan events or you buy things thinking that they are going to be a hit and they end up being a total miss. Or you buy a lot of expensive stuff and they really like the cheapest ones.

I remember when Miss B was 3, we gave her a bicycle as a Christmas gift along with little things, such as a $1 play fruit baskets from the discount aisle at Target. Guess which one she was mostly enchanted with? Yes, the cheap plastic play fruit basket!

 Other times, they are into something, however, when they go and check they suddenly don’t  think it was all that. That happened with the Katy Perry concert at some level.

 We planned ahead, we talked about it in the weeks to come with great anticipation. She was so very excited about it. And I loooved the concert, but in the end, she said she was not sure if she would come again to a Katy Perry concert. Wait, what? Yes. But there are reasons behind that.

 

 She had not slept well the night before, the bands opening for Katy Perry took forever. We got there at 6.30 and the concert did not start till 9.30. By the time it started, she was exhausted and, at first , she couldn’t see well. She ended up bursting into tears when the apparent loud combination of the music and the crowd cheers hit her ears. Maybe she was not ready for all of the noise and people and we should have arrived after the bands. She dozed off here and there and was up, jumping, by the time Katy Perry sang Firework. It was not that she did not like it, but there were little lessons for me to learn for the next concert. We agreed finally there will be a next!
 

 Another time she was really into ‘Princess Sofia’ and ‘Jake and the Neverland Pirates’. I was so excited about it that bought the Disney Jr. Live tickets way ahead of time to ensure we got great seats. However, by the time the performance came into town, she could care less about Princess Sofia! A month after that she even asked me to remove the songs from her Miss B Playlist! Now she wants nothing to do with Princess Sofia., “a  little kids show”, she says.

When I heard that Frozen would come to town only in May of 2015, but would come to Orlando in a month’s time, I measured no efforts to take the entire family to Frozen in Orlando...Now! That one was a major hit!

In the truth, when I actually gave her the tickets for the first time as a gift for her end of school year, she was ok, but did not get as excited as I imagine. However, as the date approached and she knew we were going to a hotel and she was meeting her friends in there, she got more and more excited. We also saved $55 from her toy sale to spend in Frozen merchandise and bought her an Elsa dress too. Once she got ready, her hair braided by Ms. Liza, dress and gloves and all, she was so happy, that she was  glowing and,quite frankly, stunning!



My Elsa, so pretty!

Hair Perfection thanks to Ms. Lisa!

 

Being a few feet from the rink  also made a whole lot of difference. We got to connect with the characters. Anna winked at B, Elsa blew her a kiss and Anna along with Kristoff even photobombed our picture!

The Frozen Family

The view!So close.

 

Elsa blows her a kiss

Photobombed by Anna and Kristof

Singing away with Olaf

Finally when Let it Go came she got up from her seat and sang  her heart out as if there was only her and Elsa and no one else. It was magical, I had tears in my eyes.

And then it just hit me. We just have to keep on trying in spite of hots n colds and yesses and nos. Because seeing  a huge grin stamped on their faces after all is what makes us realize that misses are quickly forgotten and all of our attempts were really all worth it!

School Life

Miss B started school mid August. At this point, everything gets easier. I was quite frankly more worried about the moms that would be in my class (or not be) than with the teachers, sad to say.

She ended up getting excellent teachers and reuniting with few of her very best Kindergarten class kids, whose moms I love. So, except, for some casualties and past the drama of Meet and Greet day, we are happy campers.

Time does fly... The school year began seems like not too long ago and yesterday, we were already going to her Open House at her school!  I love Open Houses because it is the opportunity we have to get a little bit more inside B's head and read and see what she thinks about herself and the world.

My favourite part of the Open House has always been getting to read her journal. And I plan to keep them every year. Kids write freely, it's great fun to read.

She had been asking me to wear her animal print things every single opportunity she had: to church, to the mall, really... anywhere! I had been telling her that it was not cold enough or fancy enough and she was beyond frustrated. Finally, yesterday as we were getting ready to go, I granted her wish of wearing her animal print dress and she immediately found the animal print hairband and snickers  that matched too that she had got from her Fofoh (quite frankly it was a bit too busy wearing them all, but I let it go). And off she went all dolled up to the Open House.

As I was browsing through Miss B's journal I came across with her write up on what she would do if she was the President. Apparenly, she thinks the President has superpowers because her list was long and highly irrealistic: 1) ice-cream day every weekend (somewhat reasonable for president kids, maybe?), 2) have a lot of adventures (feasible, presidents travel a lot), 3) meet the Ninja Turles (unlikely!), 4) teach others how to fly (impossible!), 5) make it snow in Florida (the Prez is no God!) and, finally, the one that caught my eye was the fact that she wrote in her journal she would wear an animal print dress with black leggings and that was exactly how she was dressed for the Open House, she even drew herself in an animal print dress. 

We of course knew her preferences: the Frozen and MTNT obsesssion and her love for anything glitzy with rainbow colors or animal print stuff wise, but reading what her priorities were as a President were insightful and funny. As she describer herself in the Open House, she is definitely funny! A piece of work my  B...