Another 'first' for Lena

With the start of the school year, there were many 'firsts' for Lenagurl. First time riding the bus, first time being 'on her own' (sans siblings and parents) at school, first time getting in trouble from the teacher! (For talking during quiet time, she was sent to sit on the "time-out rug" all by herself and was just devastated, BUT learned a valuable lesson about obeying.)

But the one "first" she just couldn't wait for was getting invited to a new friend's birthday party. She was so worried that it would never happen, "But what if no kids like me and want me at their party?" I assured her that with her fun personality and kind manners, not to mention her "cool" fashion, she would make friends in no time. And sure enough, within a week of school starting, she could name at least five new friends she had made! So exciting for her, and a little weepy for me. What can I say, I'm a big suck and love to see her happy.

Well, last week as I was going through her school journal, lo and behold, I came across a birthday invitation! She was so thrilled, jumping up and down, talking a mile a minute. "That's Kayden, he's one of my new friends!" The party was being held at the movie theater and oh boy, how wondrous and awesome was that!

The party was today and she agonized over what to wear. You know Lena, its all about the fashion. She originally was going to wear her black-and-white striped Jonas Brothers shirt with black yoga pants. Unfortunately, the pants never made it through her jam-toast breakfast. So the panic was on. After scrutinizing and dismissing at least four outfits, she decided on one of the most favorite outfits: the black Hello Kitty shirt, white lace tiered skirt, black leggings, hot pink socks and her pink Hello Kitty high-top sneakers. SO freakin' adorable. She was upset that her pink Hello Kitty purse was missing but oh well.

So we showed up at the theater and she immediately took off to run and play with all her school buddies while I chit-chatted with the other parents. The invite said the party ran for FOUR hours, but no way was I planning on staying with Ryder for that long. After the Rebels game we attended last night (I'll post about THAT later), nuh-uh, no way.

Ryder and I hung around long enough to get Lena her popcorn and drink and get her settled in her seat, surrounded by friends. Then we took off for Walmart for groceries, etc. I have to pick her up in about an hour but I'll make sure to add-on to this post all about it.