This weekend was Ana’s 4th birthday, and let me tell you, she had a major bug up her ass! My guess is, she already detests getting older.
The festivities began on Friday, when we took cupcakes to her preschool to share with all of her little friends. According to sources, once the obligatory “Happy Birthday to You” song was sung, Ana chastised the group for singing the updated “cha cha cha” version. Her exact words were “Next year, you don’t sing the “cha cha cha” part. It made me mad!” Something tells me they won’t be singing at all.
On Saturday, we took her to one of those crazy maze/germ pit places. Unfortunately, her foul mood from Friday seemed to have carried over. She pretty much looked like this the whole time…
That bottom right pic is her telling her brother to basically kiss off.
She spent most of her time in the maze, periodically popping out only to give us dirty looks.
And every time we tried to leave, she’d run back into that god-forsaken gerbil tube and hide…
Smarty pants knew we couldn’t go in and snag her because the rules were being strictly enforced by a 16 year old maze guard…
Having no socks, Ana would often taunt me from the other side of this mat.
Eventually we lured her out with the promise of pizza, then we all sat around watching her eat it ever. so. slowly. She did that on purpose.
Once home, we presented our offerings to the alter of her Bitchiness. Everything seemed to be going great until…a little misunderstanding.
The Misunderstanding
Collin had kindly spent his own money to buy Ana a gift, and on the car ride home he gave her some clues as to what he bought.
Collin: “It’s pink, you build it, and it has a chalkboard.” (it was a Hello Kitty scientist Lego set)
We got home and she opened her gifts. Collin gave her a huge pink ball first, then the Lego set. She seemed happy and they both started playing with the ball…then something clicked in her little mind. She stopped mid kick and said “Wait, you didn’t get me a skateboard! Where’s my skateboard?!”.
Collin: “I said a chalkboard, not a skateboard.”
Girlfriend lost her damn mind! She screamed “I don’t like you, I don’t like your ball, and I don’t like your Hello Kitty present!” and kicked the ball HARD into the wall so that it went ricocheting all around the room.
Don’t worry we got it all on video….and she went into time out…and she eventually chilled out…and she apologized to her brother…and I had a glass of wine…or three.
Here’s my question, have we just entered the Eff-ing Fours?
