Birthday Girl

Tinzleigh had her 5th b-day on Tuesday (the 2nd of Dec). We kept it nice and calm, since she's having a HUGE party next Sunday evening (she invited 30 kids and around 40 adults!) We just had her grandparents, great grandmother, uncle Adam, and Aunt Shannon over and ordered pizza. They kept her presents... saving them for her to open at the party, but Ryan and I let her open ours. We got her a flatscreen HDTV and a DVD player for her room and didn't want to lug that huge box to the party and back!  We knew she'd probably be a lil disappointed with our gift (until she got to use it!), considering that she's barely five and expecting barbies, dolls, or dress up clothes... but disappointed is an understatement! lol She unwrapped the TV first and stared at the box for a second before asking with a squinched up nose, "What is it?" We told her and she seemed ok with that (not excited, but ok) and then quickly unwrapped the DVD player. She stared at the box for a long time this time, and then she wrinkled her frusterated brows and asked again, "What is it?". I answered with a lot of enthusiasm, "It's a DVD player so you can watch movies on your new TV in your room!" She looked back at the box, threw it onto the couch, and shouted "These are boring presents!" Then she burst into tears and ran to her room before anyone could say anything. Now I didn't know whether to feel a little sorry for her at this point, or to be angry and disappointed with the way she handled receiving a gift she wasn't happy with and being such a spoiled brat! lol Ryan and I followed her to her room and found her crying in the corner (literally). I sat down next to her on the floor and we had a little talk about being gracious, and saying thank you even if you don't really like something much, because someone remembered you and went to the trouble of getting you a gift they thought you'd like! I told her how it would hurt her friend's feelings if she acted that way about something they gave her. She quickly apologized to Ryan and I, and we talked about how she should behave at her party. I'm so glad we gave that to her early! What a great life lesson she learned, and just in time! After Ryan got it all set up in her room, and she wasn't staring at a boring box anymore, she decided she liked her gifts after all.  :) We knew she's change her mind! After pizza, we let the kids go out with their dad for some icecream. Now we're all looking forward to her fairy princess party, and hoping she remembers what she learned the other night! As her mom, I have every confidence that she truly felt sorry for how she acted, and that she grew up a lil bit more that evening she turned five.