Current mood: scared
Thats right! Mia is going to be competing in the Miss City of Menifee Pageant this weekend! I have been wanting to sign her up for a pageant ever since she was a tiny little baby. I don't believe in the whole beauty pageants for little kids that dress and act like little women, so I wanted to find one that was small and didn't include all that make-up stuff. As time passed on, I sorta gave up on entering her in a pageant.
Then I happened to come across the local city newspaper "The Menifee Post". I have been waiting for the latest addition to come out to see if Mia's picture came out in it since they took a picture of her on Easter. As I was searching (and no the Easter addition hasn't come in yet so I still don't know if they will use her picture or not) I came across a small add for the City of Menifee Pageant!!! I ran to the computer and looked up more information on it and sure enough Mia fit the age range!! I was so excited!! This would be perfect since her division and younger do not use make-up, do not need any talents, would not be interviewed and it was local therefore really small. Menifee is really only the size of 2 freeway exits. The City of Menifee just merged itself with Sun City, Romoland, Quail Valley and other tiny districts but is still very tiny. Anyway, I talked to Adrian about entering Mia in the pageant. He wasn't too thrilled about it since it would cost us $100, but I thought it would be an awesome memory maker... even if she didn't win. So he agreed as long as I did all the work!
We are alittle tight on money right now so I knew that every penny counted. Since the whole enrollment was $100 I knew I didn't have much spare money to spend on accessories. So I went to Mia's closet to see if any of the dresses that her Tia Rebeca handed down to us from her Cousin Brianna fit. Sure enough a big poofy pink one did!!! I did have to alter the arm pit area but otherwise it fit like a thumb! Perfect! I had a dress. I am planning on using her shoes from Easter so I am set with that too!
So a couple of days ago I officially registered her for the pageant and today was her very first rehearsal. Since she is in the toddler division, they did not need her to be physically at the rehearsal because she didn't really need to "practice" anything like the older girls did. So I went by myself, talked to the coordinators, and got a feel for what to expect this weekend. I will also be walking on stage with her so they gave me some tips on what I should and shouldn't wear!! haha
Then they had some downtime and nobody was using the stage. I quickly called up Adrian (who was babysitting Mia) and told him to get her ready and that I was going to swing by and pick her up so she could practice with me! I zoomed home, got Mia and we zoomed back. I wanted to expose her to the environment, building, and people so she wouldn't be so scared or shy when the big day came.
So I walked her into the Country Club. I put her down and took her hand. Right away everyone fell in love with her and came up to say "hello". Mia of course acted shy, put her head on me and tried to hide behind me! I encouraged her to come out and talked to her a bit and she slowly started to warm up. I took her on the stage and walked with her a bit and did the biggest mistake ever! I told her to "stomp stomp stomp" and she did. Once she heard her tiny feet hit the stage she got all excited and wouldn't stop doing it!! Soon I couldn't get her off the stage so the other girl's could practice! It was a bit embarassing but I finally managed to get her off, luckily without her making a big scene.
I had her explore a nearby room and she went nuts! Running all over the place, exploring and having fun. All the girls there kept commenting on how cute she was. She was having a blast running all over the place and soon she didn't want to take my hand anymore! When I tried to pick her up she started to throw a fit! Uh-oh! So I had to bust out my secret weapon phrase to her "Do you wanna go find Dada?!? Lets find Dada". Sure enough she took my hand and let me lead her back into the other room where the stage was. Poor girl was looking for Dada and calling him, I felt bad but I had to get her out of that other room! I tried to practice walking with her again on the stage and it just went horribly wrong. She didn't want to take my hand, all she wanted to do was stomp and do her own thing. So I knew it was time to go. I told her "Lets go find Dada hes in the car!" I hate lying to her but there was no other way to get her out of the building without her throwing a big scene. So we walked out together and drove back home.
Phew looks like I have my work cut out for me this weekend for sure!!!! I just hope she is on her good behavior and lets me walk her or at least carry her or something. Overall I just hope she doesn't do any of the following 3 things....
1.) Not want to go on stage, throws herself on the ground and cries.. or not wanna go off the stage and does the same thing
2.) Go on stage sucking her two fingers (she ALWAYS does this)
3.) Go on stage, lift up her dress and pull on her belly button (another famous Mia move)
As long as she doesn't do any of those three things we are golden!! Oh no I almost forgot to add one... picking her nose!!! Good Grief I am getting stressed now!!!
Then I happened to come across the local city newspaper "The Menifee Post". I have been waiting for the latest addition to come out to see if Mia's picture came out in it since they took a picture of her on Easter. As I was searching (and no the Easter addition hasn't come in yet so I still don't know if they will use her picture or not) I came across a small add for the City of Menifee Pageant!!! I ran to the computer and looked up more information on it and sure enough Mia fit the age range!! I was so excited!! This would be perfect since her division and younger do not use make-up, do not need any talents, would not be interviewed and it was local therefore really small. Menifee is really only the size of 2 freeway exits. The City of Menifee just merged itself with Sun City, Romoland, Quail Valley and other tiny districts but is still very tiny. Anyway, I talked to Adrian about entering Mia in the pageant. He wasn't too thrilled about it since it would cost us $100, but I thought it would be an awesome memory maker... even if she didn't win. So he agreed as long as I did all the work!
We are alittle tight on money right now so I knew that every penny counted. Since the whole enrollment was $100 I knew I didn't have much spare money to spend on accessories. So I went to Mia's closet to see if any of the dresses that her Tia Rebeca handed down to us from her Cousin Brianna fit. Sure enough a big poofy pink one did!!! I did have to alter the arm pit area but otherwise it fit like a thumb! Perfect! I had a dress. I am planning on using her shoes from Easter so I am set with that too!
So a couple of days ago I officially registered her for the pageant and today was her very first rehearsal. Since she is in the toddler division, they did not need her to be physically at the rehearsal because she didn't really need to "practice" anything like the older girls did. So I went by myself, talked to the coordinators, and got a feel for what to expect this weekend. I will also be walking on stage with her so they gave me some tips on what I should and shouldn't wear!! haha
Then they had some downtime and nobody was using the stage. I quickly called up Adrian (who was babysitting Mia) and told him to get her ready and that I was going to swing by and pick her up so she could practice with me! I zoomed home, got Mia and we zoomed back. I wanted to expose her to the environment, building, and people so she wouldn't be so scared or shy when the big day came.
So I walked her into the Country Club. I put her down and took her hand. Right away everyone fell in love with her and came up to say "hello". Mia of course acted shy, put her head on me and tried to hide behind me! I encouraged her to come out and talked to her a bit and she slowly started to warm up. I took her on the stage and walked with her a bit and did the biggest mistake ever! I told her to "stomp stomp stomp" and she did. Once she heard her tiny feet hit the stage she got all excited and wouldn't stop doing it!! Soon I couldn't get her off the stage so the other girl's could practice! It was a bit embarassing but I finally managed to get her off, luckily without her making a big scene.
I had her explore a nearby room and she went nuts! Running all over the place, exploring and having fun. All the girls there kept commenting on how cute she was. She was having a blast running all over the place and soon she didn't want to take my hand anymore! When I tried to pick her up she started to throw a fit! Uh-oh! So I had to bust out my secret weapon phrase to her "Do you wanna go find Dada?!? Lets find Dada". Sure enough she took my hand and let me lead her back into the other room where the stage was. Poor girl was looking for Dada and calling him, I felt bad but I had to get her out of that other room! I tried to practice walking with her again on the stage and it just went horribly wrong. She didn't want to take my hand, all she wanted to do was stomp and do her own thing. So I knew it was time to go. I told her "Lets go find Dada hes in the car!" I hate lying to her but there was no other way to get her out of the building without her throwing a big scene. So we walked out together and drove back home.
Phew looks like I have my work cut out for me this weekend for sure!!!! I just hope she is on her good behavior and lets me walk her or at least carry her or something. Overall I just hope she doesn't do any of the following 3 things....
1.) Not want to go on stage, throws herself on the ground and cries.. or not wanna go off the stage and does the same thing
2.) Go on stage sucking her two fingers (she ALWAYS does this)
3.) Go on stage, lift up her dress and pull on her belly button (another famous Mia move)
As long as she doesn't do any of those three things we are golden!! Oh no I almost forgot to add one... picking her nose!!! Good Grief I am getting stressed now!!!
