Sunday Funday!!

I promised the kids that I would spend special one-on-one time with each of them this weekend. Sunday was Gracie's day and she got to choose to do whatever she wanted. She asked for a "spa" day like her Titi Sonali and I had recently. We went out for a delicious lunch and then headed to the mall. First stop....she wanted to get her ears pierced!!!!! So if you are Puerto Rican, like me, you know that girls in our culture have their ears pierced within a few weeks of birth. My mother was not pleased when I chose to wait (she had bought Grace her first pair of earrings before she was born). Well, after discussing it with my Irish husband we agreed it would be okay. Gracie was beyond thrilled!!

A little apprehensive at first and a few tears but she was thrilled with the finished product.
She picked these cute little pink crystal flower earrings.

Next some shopping for new sneakers.

How much do I love these adorable sparkly pink high tops! And yes she is a size 13 and a half at 5 years old. I tell her the bigger the foot the better the foundation!

Final stop. A real spa pedicure.

She picked the most outrageous sparkly hot pink you could imagine! and voila..

Just fabulous!!

My mother rarely taught me self care and the importance of treating myself nicely. She grew up during the depression with no shoes, a discarded doll's head as her only toy and very little to eat. Her life was about survival and that she taught me very well. I am glad she passed things like sacrifice and a strong work ethic onto me...but I have often struggled with the simple pleasures of self care. The greatest gift I can offer my Grace is BALANCE...hard work and a generous life to feel proud of and enough PINK SPARKLE and spa days to learn to love the most important person..HERSELF!