Next week Thursday, the DramaQueen will be turning the big 1-0!
10!
Can you believe it?
Where did the time go?
In light of her impending 10th birthday, I asked her to write me a list of things she wanted for her birthday.
Ergo, The Birthday Wish List.
It went a little something like this:

1. Justin Bieber CD
2. MP3 Player
3. A blue dress
4. Blue Sandals size 4
5. A water bottle (nice one)
6. A book
7. A diary
8. A picture of a Great Dane

Now this list is just fine a dandy.
But I do have a few comments and questions.

1. First things first, the DramaQueen has claimed for MONTHS that she does not like Justin Bieber. Secondly, the only CD players we own are in our cars and computers and I WILL NOT be listening to Baby, baby, baby oh…. while working at my desk or while driving a car for fear I may run myself off the road.

2-5. These are all items that make me happy. Not one of them brings a question to mind since I know what sizes and styles of clothes and shoes to buy. I love that you want a reusable water bottle because your almost 10 and have decided you need to reduce your carbon footprint.

6. A book. Could you be a little more specific here? Do you want a notebook, a fiction book, children’s book, or the Bible? These are things a mother needs to know or you will get whatever is on the discount cart on the sidewalk outside of Barnes & Noble that is 60% off and chances are you’ll probably hate it.

7. A diary. What do you need a diary for? Did I not just give you your own space on the Internet so you can write down your innermost thoughts, fears and ambitions so I can read them and not have to snoop through your room to find your diary to read so I know who the latest boy you are crushin’ on is?

8. A picture of a Great Dane. Now, most little girls would ask for the dog. Not my kid. Just a picture of a Great Dane. Now, my question is will a picture I download illegally off of Google Images, print and frame suffice for you? And I’ll also I’m really beginning to wonder when this great obsession with Great Danes came about.

All of a sudden, I’m really happy that she has NEVER asked me for a pony!