When I grow up....I want to be a PRINCESS

So, I bet you didn't know that wearing a skirt under a dress is the perfect way to make a outfit "extra" pretty. I never thought that I'd have a "girly" daughter. I was more the Tomboy type growing up, so I guess I figured my daughter would take after my influence....Apparently not. Sage wants to look as pretty as she can for school everyday, even if that means wearing a skirt on a 10 degree day. Then when she comes home, she wants to put on a sundress to run around the house in. We've invested in tights. I must say though, they make some darn cute tights! Hopefully she won't outgrow the pants I bought her before she outgrows them. Shopping has become a bit more difficult for me. As much as I like to bargain shop, if she doesn't think it's pretty, she won't wear it, and then it's not much of a bargain. She has opened up my "inner pink", I find myself drawn to "pretty" things that I might not have liked before. And yes, according to her About Me book she made in school, she wants to be a Princess when she grows up.....hey, dream big, right?

The Power of a 1/2 Birthday

So I didn't even knew they existed until recently, but apparently they can bring a lot of good. In case you're confused, Sage's Birthday is in July, which because there is no school in July, so she doesn't get left out, in PreK they celebrate a 1/2 Birthday. So, Sage's half Birthday was this past Monday, January 12th. We made magic wand cookies (star cut-outs with a pretzel stick) and decorated them to bring in for snack, and Sage brought her tiara to wear.

Jumping back in time though, Sage has had some real issues with school, and crying lately. Ever since she was sick in the beginning of December, and had to miss a couple days of school she has been crying pretty much every time I'd drop her off at school. Some days the teachers had to pry her away from me, it was pretty bad. We tried punishing her, rewarding her, nothing was working, it was just getting worse. She started crying at every little thing at home. She was even crying about deciding what PJ's to wear. So I decided to make a conscious effort to totally ignore her when she was crying, and not even acknowledge she was crying. The morning of her half Birthday the crying started the second she woke up. Even though she was excited about her snack and her celebration, she was miserable. When I picked her up from school, she was fine. She wanted to have a party. I explained that half birthdays don't really get parties, but gave her a couple gifts anyways. She was very proud and excited about being 4 1/2.

Well today there were no tears! She was excited about going like she used to be, wore her piggytails so she could joke around with her favorite teacher about them. I was in shock about the turn of events...mind you a very happy shock. I didn't mention anything about the lack of crying to her, not wanting to even bring it up. A bit after we got home she proceeded to tell me that she didn't cry about school today because she's 4 1/2. All day she's been listening, and acting better, talking nice, telling me it's because she's 4 1/2 now. Gee, had I had no idea the power of a half birthday. Well, lets hope it lasts. I'm so happy to have my smiling little girl back!