Moon Angel's Blog

Kida was expecting cupcakes and Hi-C’s but had no idea that a pinata would also make its way to her class for her birthday celebration.  The teacher got the rowdy and curious 2nd graders lined up to go outside and while she kept them seated and quiet, I hung the pinata.  Kida got the first 10 seconds to smack the pinata.  It rarely damaged.  After she finished, a boy classmate who was about my height (I’m short and not proud of it) hit it about three times before it went down.  There was a small break in the pinata but it fell because the plastic thingy where the rope loops through broke.  The teacher ended up having Kida and three classmates she picked help pass out the candy so that everyone gets an even amount.

I learned today that 2nd graders are nothing like cute 1st graders (gosh, I miss those times).  Second graders can take me and their teacher down if they really wanted to.  They scare me but I like them.  They are very, VERY curious.  The instant I stepped into their classroom, they started to pay attention to me and started asking me questions about the food and pinata.  I told them nicely and quietly to pay attention to their teacher who was trying her best to get their attention without going nuts.  Of course, they didn’t listen and continued asking me questions right and left.  It was almost comical how a few of them came up to me and said, “I’ll help you hold that”, then grabbing the Hi-C’s, the cupcakes, the pinata and the pinata stick from my grip even before I was able to say anything.  I was standing there with my jaw open, with not words, but the sound, “Uhhh…” coming out of my mouth and a dumbfounded, “Sure” seconds after. I don’t know how the teacher does it:  spending 5 hours a day, Monday through Friday with these kids.  I would go nuts!  They really should pay teachers what they are worth: gold.

I was watching a Vimeo video today from Fifty People, One Question with the title: “Where Do You Want to Wake Up Tomorrow?” where 50 people were asked where they would want wake up the next day.  If I was asked that question, my answer would be, the day I gave birth to Kida.  It was such a beautiful and spiritual moment that I would definitely want to experience it again.  It is an amazing and miraculous thing to be able to give life to a living person who will one day grow up to live her own wonderful life.  It is beyond anything imaginable.

Anyway, I am very happy that Kida had a wonderful time.  I can’t believe she is now 8.

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Yep! That’s right.  I’ve finally updated my “about me” page.  I will continue to tweak it as I go.  Right now I am still trying to adjust to the new year. Still can’t believe the 00’s are over!

I’ve been spending lots of time playing on iMovie and came up with this:

It’s also under “about me”.

You have no idea how many self-taken photos I have of myself.  It’s crazy.  Husband thought I was wasting space but last night while I was putting the finishing touches on the video, I showed it to him and he thought it was the most craziest, cooliest, funniest idea.  He loved it!  LOL!!!!!  Who’s wasting space now! J/K.

This year really flew by.  Here is a video compilation of my family in 2009.  Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Last week, I took Kida to the Jonas Brothers concert. The concert started at 7pm so I figured we’d go early to avoid traffic and hang out in my office until it got closer to the time. We get there and the streets are already blocked with cones. There was a line of teeny-boppers and some with their parents from the VIP door down to the end of the street. We turn into the parking garage (where I normally park when I go to work) and there is a sign that says “$20 Parking”. I rolled down my window and told the man that I work in the building next to the parking garage. He asked for my parking pass. I showed him and he let me in free. Whew! I only had $20 with me that day and was planning on buying Kida some memorabilia with it.

So we park and went inside the office. I was able to get a few things caught up in time to head over to the concert. I figured everyone must be inside already since it was about a quarter till. We crossed the street and to my surprise, there was a line. This was just the regular entrance but it was packed. It took about 20 minutes in this line, which was more like a mesh of people, before we got in. Once inside, we still had to flow with the slow moving crowd. We found a flat spot near the second half of the lawn seats and sat our butts down. Little did we know that when everyone stood up, we weren’t able to see anything! It didn’t help that I am about the height of a 12 year old and the teens standing next to us were about 14 or 15. Kida found a spot further down where it was sloped more so we headed down. It worked.

The amphitheatre was packed. It’s unbelievable how popular the Jonas Brother’s are. Disney knows exactly what they are doing. They are pocketing money from parents through their kids. And, I am one of those parents!!!

Demi Lovato opened up for the Jonas Brother’s. She has such a nice and strong voice. She kind of sounds like Michelle Branch. After Demi sang, she left and we waited for half an hour before the Jonas Brother’s came out. Once they came out though, man, my eardrums nearly blew out. There was a girl behind Kida and I who had the highest pitched scream ever. We didn’t think they would sing “This Is Me”, one of the big songs from Camp Rock where Demi and Joe Jonas sing together, but they surprised us! Kida started to cry LOUD but no one heard (but me of course) because I was holding her on my poor hips! I asked her what was wrong but she was crying so hard that she couldn’t talk. I asked, “Are you hurt?”, nothing. “Are you sad?”, nothing. “Do you want to leave?” she nods yes. We make our way out of the crowd, up the stairs where it was a little more quiet and I ask her, “What happened Kida?”. She said, “It was too sad and happy that it made me cry. If we didn’t leave, I would still be crying”. Then later she said, “I wanted to cry louder but I thought all the people would hear me.”

We didn’t stay until the end for two reasons: 1) Kida would continue crying and possibly even louder and 2) Traffic would be crazy. Kida was very happy though. She still can’t believe she saw her favorites idols: Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato LIVE.

Here’s what I was able to capture of “This Is Me”. Right when Demi Lovato came out for this song, I had run out of space on my camera!

Here is Kida’s rendition: