Lil Ballerina

Maggie had her ballet performance this weekend. She's been on the company dance team this year. I've debated off and on if she should do it next year. She complains almost every day she has to go and I'm tired of the fight. But when I watch the performance I am always thrilled she's a part of it. She is so proud of herself as she's performing and I love to see the expressions on her face.  Last Thursday as we were leaving the performance she was on cloud 9. She was so happy and excited. She started explaining how the kids in her class were so envious that she could do her own make-up. I didn't realize I let her do her own make-up. Here is the rest of the conversation..

Maggie: I was putting a little blush by my lips and a girl looked over at me and said 'nice make-up'. Then I realized......she was making fun of me!!! I could tell she was teasing me. (Then in a diva tone) She will pay for making fun of me!!

I could only laugh at her remark. Maggie is so different than me when I was kid. If I thought someone was teasing me, I'd start having a victimized pity party and eat some worms. Not Maggie, she just keeps going, keeps singing, keeps skipping. I love her spunk.

The Shoe Saga

Oh, when was it, about two months ago? Maybe 6 weeks ago? Maggie called me from the school. "Mom", she said, " I need you to bring me a pair of shoes. I lost my shoe in the snow." I replied,"What? You lost your shoe in the snow? Maggie, how do you lose your shoe in the snow? You really need me to bring you shoes?" I was baffled, how does one lose their shoe in the snow? Let's say one is playing in the snow (which I never do). She takes a step, lifts up her foot, then notices her shoe is off. Turns around and takes her shoe out of the snow. I guess it isn't as logical as I think everything should be. The thing is about Maggie is that she didn't have a great pair of shoes until this pair. Her shoes would last, maybe, two days. I would never think to spend money on a Nike shoe, Santa brought it to her. Just that morning, no joke, I thought to myself, "these are awesome shoes. Maggie knows how to tie her shoes. These shoes have lasted more than one day." So I was a little ticked that her shoes was missing. That afternoon I went back to the school, with a snow shovel, determined to find the shoe. Wasn't as easy as I thought, she couldn't remember where she lost it. She kept going from place to place as I followed her with the shovel. It was useless. In order to get the shoe back before Spring, I bribed her class to find her shoe. I told them I'd give them a pizza party. About a week later, Maggie found the shoe. Fortunately, I saved myself money by buying the class suckers. Now we can't find the other shoe....... I'm done!