Kiss My Knits!

Today was Emily’s eighth birthday. Even though it was just the three of us, she really wanted a pinata. So sure, what the heck. We got the smallest pinata we could find from Party City and whacked the bejeebers out of it today. As my father said, “Be sure Steve wears a cup!” I, on the other hand, figured this could be our ticket to easy street with a cool hundred grand from America’s Funniest Home Videos. In the end, nobody was harmed, darn it. I mean, fortunately.

She got many nice things, including a microscope, a ballerina costume with “Emily” embroidered on the front, some DVDs, a jigsaw puzzle, two little “Secret Central” dolls she’s been wanting for months, some activity books, and a trip to the mall with her dad (this was actually a reward for good behavior this week).

She’s used everything except the microscope so far, because we want to look at that more closely and be sure we’re not going to break anything. When she gets something new, she really appreciates it. And she had a plan, just in case everything didn’t go well. Before her birthday, she said, “If I don’t get something I want, I’ll get it at the mall.” Good idea! She got a Tinkerbell stuffed doll to go with the Belle stuffed doll that had been purchased last week at the mall, also a trip which was a reward for good behavior. If this kid keeps acting good we’re going to go broke.

Both her paternal grandparents and her maternal grandfather got her the newly released DVD of Peter Pan. Whoops! However, I slipped my dad’s copy off to the side and will return it to the store later. Instead, I snuck back to the mall after hearing Steve say there was something there she had really really really really wanted. We weren’t going to get it because it was already toyapalooza today. But with Grandpa short a gift, sure!

It was a Barbie Fairytopia Elina DVD Game. The game is controlled by the doll that comes along with it, which has batteries and a remote control built in. You lean the doll right to select the “right” option and it looks like the doll is flying that way. It’s like a primitive Wii, I guess. Which prompted this conversation with my husband.

Me: You know, I should try to stop by ‘s at some point. Not only does she have that spinning wheel now, she’s got a Wii, too. Where there’s a wheel, there’s a Wii!
Him: That was really, really bad.

That’s what I was going for, baby! Woo!

Emily’s cousins called her up to sing her happy birthday, which put a big smile on her face. All in all, it’s been a very nice birthday for Emily. And now, I must go check on her. She’s standing in the remains of the pinata saying, “Oh, candy!”