Monday, March 1, 2010

"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. "You should teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."

Today was a very special day for me and Bethany, we celebrated her birthday (with anticipation, since I don't know when the dr's. are going to call and say "come"). So, he had a mommy and me princess birthday day.

We dressed up like princesses (Thank you Stephanie for the customs) and went out (with good pair of tennis shoes anticipating a lot of walking!).

First we stopped by a Salon to have a royal treatment (thank you Misti for recommending Solace Day Spa & Salon). We sat next to each other and had our hair done, Bethany was so happy with her hair, she had the "Bella" look. Then they applied make up, and when mommy's make up turn, Bethany picked up the colors and help put lipstick on me... but, it is not over yet, then they painted our nails... For Bethany was a dream come true, having a big girl salon day with mommy? I'll try to post as many pictures as this blog allows me... her face expressions tells it all! and mommy's heart was filled with joy!
Of course, the entire royal treatment would have cost me a lot, but God put on my way this wonderful lady with a heart of gold "Jennifer Staerker" the owner, and she worked things out for me (thank you for the gift) hug me and told me she'll be praying for me (Thank you Jennifer for making our wish come true). The girls that took care of us, the best! Tiffany what a heart for kids, she did a wonderful job with her hair and make up, and made Bethany feel like a real princess (thank you so much Tiffany). Amber, thank you for my hair, you showed me a new way to style it, and I like it! and Heather, our nails looked beautiful, Bethany keeps looking and showing them to everyone!
Then we headed to the streets of Pier Park, window shopping and just having fun. Went to see the "Tooth Fairy" at the grand... Bethany laugh the entire movie, very clean and funny movie to see. After the movie Bethany kept talking about it, she really liked it.
Ice cream time after that... this time I have to confess I spoiled my kid, she got all kind of sweets on that ice cream, from marshmallows to gummy bears and more, more, sugar... you know what sugar means for parents right???
Of course we had to take a train ride and wave to everyone like princesses, Bethany waved to everyone and of course everyone waved back at her, she said a princess always waves and smiles like Cinderella.
The day was almost gone, and mommy was exhausted... although I had tennis shoes, my feet were hurting so bad!... but, one more thing to do... I told Bethany I'll take her to pick a birthday present and then we will head home. I told her that will have to be a small one, but she understood, gave me a kiss and said, thank you mommy, I love you... and that ... was the best medicine, magical healing pouring in my heart.

I love the idea of technology and all these new toys out there, but too many choices... too many... for a 5 year old about to turn 6, just too many choices... confuses and frustrates the kid in a way... SO I told her, pick all the toys you like and put them in a cart, mommy is going to sit on the floor and rest while you do that... once that cart is full we will put them all on the floor and then pick half of them and put away the other half that you don't like that much.... so she did... the cart was full all the way to the top! in my mind there was only one word "Mercy!"... THEN... I helped her out to put all the toys on the floor (I was so happy that Target at Pier Park was almost empty, so we were able to do this)... Bethany picked 10 toys to put away, and we put the other 10 favorite ones back in the cart. To avoid more temptation I took the cart to the kitchen section, then we did the same, all 10 toys on the floor, she picked 5 favorite ones and we put away (mommy did so that she did not have to be on the toy section again) and we went to the furniture section... she had to pick 2 out of 5... she took her time, but mommy was resting sitting down on the floor, so it was ok, ha, ha, ha. Finally she picked a Barbie electric guitar and a dog that swims in the bath tub and when dry barks and walks (nothing really special, plastic one) and the guitar just a pretend electric guitar... the interesting thing about this is that the dog is the first toy she picked at the toy section, I asked her you have so many toys similar, that is just a plastic dog that swims in the but tub... she said, has a sad face, he needs me...
At the end, she picked the electric guitar... I did not have the energy to go back to the toy section, so I left the dog at the furniture section (bad me I know)... and went with the electric guitar, then Bethany stopped me and with a sad face said "mommy, I am sorry, but I changed my mind, the dog needs me, I don't want the guitar, please"... so, we rush to the furniture section and the dog was still there (thank you God, cause at that point I was completely depleted from energy), Bethany grabbed the dog and start to kiss him and hug him, that was very intersting to see.
After that we head back.
Thank you God for making this day possible, thank you for providing for this day to happen, you provided everything! thank you for putting the right people my way and making our wish come true! Today, Bethany celebrated her birthday, today I celebrated her life and my life... God, you are awesome, thank you so much for life!