OK - some times parents just make mistakes. Some times we have the best intentions and they back fire or some times they are genuine mistakes. Katie has grown very attached to her Hello Kitty doll - whom she calls Hello Kitty ( I will call her
HK for short ).
HK goes almost every where with her - she has had few about 3 months now. It is very cute, but she is ( was ) getting very dirty. She had a few cycles in the washer with no real improvement. Well
HK ran into some real drama last week.
It all started when her horrible mother ( that's me )
accidentally left her at school
tuesday night. Bill usually picks her up but I had gotten at of work early, it was a beautiful day, so I picked her up and we went out. We went to the reservoir, shopping and then
Applebee's. It was a great time until I realized when we got home at 7:00 that
HK was not our possession ! Bill lectured me that
HK goes right in the bag when he picks her up and always stays in his possession - bad mom! We called the school and her teacher at home but no answer. Bill was about to run to build-a-bear to get a new one - where as I the awful parent would of made her wait the night. Did I mention at this point she is crying uncontrollable.
I had mentioned to Bill that there was a car in front of her school ( which normally closes at 6:30 ) . He
promptly jumped in his car to go rescue
HK - and was successful. Peace in the Bollard household - for now.
Saturday Katie noticed
HK had a tear on her. She had an embroider heart with fabric in it and the fabric was fraying - well beyond me
minuscule sewing abilities. Bill suggested placing a
band-aide over it - which we should have done but didn't. Sunday I called build-a-bear and they said they could send it out to their clinic but it may take a month or two to get it back. That is way to long for a little girl to be with out her
HK. They did have a hula
HK which was tan in color that I was thinking about buying while the original
HK gets fixed.
So we drive down to the mall with
HK to see what can be done. I spoke to the very nice lady at the counter who said they have one Hello Kitty in the back but she didn't have a bow on her - which didn't matter. So we told Katie
HK was getting fixed and cleaned but would need to be re-stuffed. She was
ok with that and we even decided to put a kitty meow voice in her ( mommy mistake #2 ). We get her home and all is good until bedtime.
HK new meow was too loud. She didn't even want to sleep with her. Monday morning she didn't even want to take her to school - needless to say I felt horrible.
Thankfully Bill took her back to build-a-bear
monday night where they removed her meow and all was good with the world again. They are back to being best friends and
HK still goes every where with her.
Here they are waiting for the neighbor to come and play.
HK is wearing pink hello kitty socks.
A visit to Bill at work
Even a short flight around the hanger.
Its good to be young
Cruise in the car
Bath time with her doggie towel. Show me that puppy face
No I am not tired ! Tongue in Katie
What great piano playing skills - and she is only four - look out Mozart
Good dog
This could be used as good black mail photo when she is older and dating
My little lady bug
Aye aye captain
A visit to Bill at work
Katie looked absolutely lovely in her dress.
She is posing for the camera
What a ham
She is going to break some hearts when she gets older - Hope Bill is ready for this
Cousins
What is childhood without tree climbing. Katie has been deprived of this fun activity until today.
Having a dress on didn't stop her either - you go girl
