happy birthday michelle!

"good morning, little miss birthday girl!  it's your birthday!  time to wake up and get ready for school!"  i said to michelle as i gently woke her up on the morning of her birthday.

"thanks mommy..." she replied sleepily.

"i'm going to pick you up at school today ok?  i'll bring treats to your school so you can enjoy them with your frinds."  i told her.

"ok, i'll wait for you mommy.  don't take a long, long time, ok?"  said michelle.

i went to work that morning but naturally, she was all i could think about.  she's a big girl now.  many of the things that happen to her from this moment on, she will remember all her life so it's important that we fill her with such good happy memories. 

i left work at around noon to get the cupcakes at the supermarket and to cook pancit at home.  i was starting to panic because i felt that there was so much i needed to do and i didn't have enough time to do it. as i drove home, i was running a mental list of things to do:

go to the supermarket and get the cupcakes

cook pancit

thaw the chicken

pack for swimming

paul had already put together the disney princess bicycle which was our present for her on her birthday. 

i got home cooked the pancit (which was delicious btw) and paul and i ate lunch.  there was this voice in my head that kept telling me since the day before to call the hotel and make sure that their pool is open.  i ignored it then but since i had a few minutes to spare, i picked up the phone and call the hotel....good thing i did because their pool is closed for maintainance....i canceled the reservation...one less thing for me to stress about!

we drove to michelle's school just in time for her to wake up, well, according to the teacher, she didn't sleep that day.  when i asked her why, she said, 'because i'm waiting for you to pick me up, i didn't want to sleep!'  excited?!

it was the first time i saw michelle interact with her classmates and her teachers.  she's really well behaved and masunurin.  she was moved to the class for 'big kids' and i think that class will really prepare her for kindergarten next school year.  i'm still undecided if she'll go to the same school next year...it's something i have to think about within the next couple of months.

anyway, we went home and she loved her present!  she completely forgot that we were supposed to go swimming that day.  

saturday was cooking day to prepare for the tanza fiesta celebration/extended bday celebration for michelle.  it was soooooooooo hot in san jose on sunday but the kids had fun running around, biking, and hitting the pinata.  

michelle still talks about her birthday.  like i said, she'll remember many of the things that happen to her now.  it is really important to make most of these memories, as positive, happy, and uplifting as possible.

thank you lord for giving me such a wonderful daughter.  may she grow up with the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom and use her to be a blessing to others.