32 posts tagged “maria”
On Saturday, I took Maria to see Peewinkle's Puppets' Production of "Peewinkle Meets Zeno." The Puppet studio was so quaint and charming and the show was great.
They even gave us free Popcorn!
Then, we went to Bazbeaux for Pizza.
It was a Perfect Day!
Yesterday I took Maria to see Santa Claus. She had been anxious to see him and had promised for many weeks that she would not be too scared to sit on his lap this year.
So yesterday I decided to drive her up to the Fashion Mall to see Santa. We scored a great parking spot, picked up a couple of Blondie's Cookies and made our way over to see Santa. The line was short. Perfect! But, as soon as Maria walked up to Santa she grabbed me and wouldn't let go ... wouldn't even look at him! Far be it for me to shove my daughter into some scary guy's lap just for the photo up, so finally, after Santa and his helpers tried very hard to get Maria to mellow out, we left. On the way out, we ran into Rudolph who gave Maria a high five, and she liked that very much but, I explained to her, "Dude! The reindeer is not the one with the naughty and nice list!"
It's not quite the color I originally envisioned, but I love it!!! So does Maria, which is the main thing.
When I was a wee lass, my parents thought that white was the only acceptable paint color for walls. It's so fun to have a pretty, girly room for my daughter!
Now that I'm not glued to cable news, I can finally start thinking about other matters. I really want to paint Maria's room this color.
This morning I had to take Maria to the doctor to follow up on an ear infection she had a few weeks ago. The doctor declared her infection-free, but before she left the examination room, she offered a flu shot. I was a little thrown at first because I hadn't mentally prepared myself for Maria's typical reaction to the pain of a shot, but I decided it was as good a time as any to get the flu shot done. Last year, none of us got a flu shot and guess what? We were all horribly sick in December!
Before the nurse came in, I started talking to Maria about the shot, promising it would only hurt for a second. In came the nurse, and in less than a minute the needle was going into my little girl's thigh. I had one hand on Maria and the other on a lollipop, ready for those tears and the wailing ... except ... there wasn't any! Not a peep!
Another milestone: Her first tear-free shot! Wow! I gave her the lollipop anyway.
I obviously don't understand the 3-year-old mind.
On Sunday, I took Maria to Fort Harrison State Park (an interesting place), so that she could ride a pony. She loved it and, since it only cost $3.00, I loved it too! Her pony's name was Strawberry, which was fitting given it's very red (almost pink) hue. Strawberry was a good pony, but I think she was hungry because every time we came back around to where her food was, she became a bit uncooperative, trying to veer back to her supply of hay. It took a bit of pony whispering to get her back into the groove of the "trail."
After pony riding (followed by rolling down a very big hill and a bit of time on a playground), I took Maria for an ice cream cone. But, instead of choosing ice cream that looked like this:
she chose vanilla, which is a respectable choice, indeed. However, when I was a wee lass, I recall very vividly that my favorite ice cream was some artificially colored concoction called Blue Moon. And I have to admit, the adult me was tempted to get a scoop of this rainbow stuff myself. I opted for the less colorful mint chocolate chip instead. As we were leaving Maria said, "Maybe tomorrow, I'll get the rainbow one." So, either she sensed my affection for the more colorful choice, or she's just trying to trick me into taking her back for another ice cream cone today.
She was for a baby brother or sister before she was against it.
After months of commenting about how much she would appreciate a baby brother or sister, Maria emphatically informed me that she no longer wants G and I to have another baby. The reason? Because the baby would cry and wake her up at night! Indeed. I think I slept a total of 4 hours during the first 12 months of Maria's life.
Sleep Rules!! And here I'd been making the argument that if she had a baby brother or sister, she would have to share her toys!
Show us your favorite person.
That's easy!
My sweet little girl who shares my intense love of cupcakes!
We went back up to Lake Tippecanoe for about 5 days and it was sweet!
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