I got a chance to ride with Elle Marie on her first school
bus ride. Yes, I was the only mom inside
the school bus together with five kinder2 students and two yayas. I tried initiating
a conversation with the other four girls by asking their names and introducing
Elle Marie but soon enough they went on their own as I did not exist. Here are
the 6 life changing things I learned from being trapped in an exclusive school
bus for girls.
1.
PINK Bag is definitely the “in” thing
The first thing I noticed when I
entered the school bus were the humungous PINK bags on the center of the bus. Of course, that included my daughter’s pink Crocodile
Creek bag with ballerina that was given by her Ninang Irene for Christmas. One girl shared that her pink bag was given
by her mom because she loves pink! Another followed by saying that hers is a
Barbie pink while another said hers is Disney princess! Whatever brand size or
design it may be, it has to be pink for Kinder 2 girls!
2.
PINK Bags must come with Pink lunch bag and Pink
envelope
Too bad, I have not thought of buying Elle Marie a matching pink lunch
bag and envelope for her pink backpack.
All the girls in the school bus had their matching pink lunch bag and
envelope! One girl even lectured on me saying that I should not mix Elle’s
“baon” with her notebooks and school supplies because they might get stinky and
wet! Yes, she used the term “stinky” (maybe, her Mom is making her bring
bagoong rice in school?! hehehe) I learned my lesson the hard way Pink bags
must come with pink lunch bag and envelope!
3.
After all the dollars spent for Hong Kong
Disneyland visit was all worth it!
I felt good that as early as 1 ½ year old I brought Elle Marie to Hong Kong
Disneyland and recently came back with Bien! All the girls in the school bus
were talking about the princesses that they met in HongKong Disneyland! Just
imagine Elle Marie’s reaction if she is the only one who was not able to meet
the Disney princesses this summer?! They talked about the train ride, Mickey
and Minnie and the (again) pink umbrella that they bought in Disneyland because
it was raining! Thank God for the extra cash I got last summer that allowed me
to bring Elle and Bien to Disneyland!
4.
Aside from knowing all the Disney princesses, I
also have to know the names of their wicked moms, sisters and witches!
Of course, I know Malificent the wicked black fairy who was not invited
to Princess’ Aurora’s birthday party and cursed her to death. But, how would I know the names of all the
other wicked moms, sisters and witches? Amazingly, the girls knew them all!
Even my daughter who watches these movies with me knew them! Now, I have to
double time with my research and know each and every villain in the Disney
princess movies!
5.
Girls do watch the avengers and love Incredible
Hulk!
I am not fond of Captain America, Incredible Hulk and the other male
super heroes… except of course, Superman! But, I guess I have to watch them to
be able to relate to my daughters’ “superhero” talk with her school bus mates!
Imagine, one girl said “I just love Incredible Hulk! He is such a darling!” and
I totally couldn’t understand why she said it?! Hahahaha
6.
My daughter is already in BIG school and BIG
school means Less Mama!
I know I have separation issues
with Elle. If there is one thing I
learned from that school bus ride was to really let go of my daughter and
believe that God is in control. Extremely difficult but I know that I really,
really need to grow up because my daughter is fast growing up already.
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