Soleil & Lalaloopsy

I've never heard of Lalaloopsy dolls until Soleil told us she wants one, she keeps on telling us about it and even look at them on the internet everyday! Walang palya, YouTube and Lalaloopsy websites. As in araw araw talaga. It's also the reason why she decided not to have a big party in celebration of her 7th birthday. Gusto nalang daw nya bumili ng madaming toys kesa mag party. (more on that on my next post)

When my niece Sam bought one, I know gustong gusto na din ni Soleil but she won't tell us because she know we'll buy on her birthday pero ang Daddy na din ang hindi nakatiis.

Me: Tingnan mo si Soleil, tumitingin nanaman ng Lalaloopsy.

Jeff: (after looking at Soleil) Pumunta na nga tayo sa SM sa Linggo. Ibibili ko na, naaawa na ko e!

So we went to SM after church that Sunday and bought her 1st Lalaloopsy Doll. Soleil's face lights up after we put the doll on our cart, the smile on her face is priceless. It's also a surprise because we didn't tell her na bibili namin sya. They only have 4 dolls to choose from and she picked Misty Mysterious, the boy doll is on sale that time, you can buy him for half the price when you get 1 girl. I think there are over 50 Lalaloopsy Dolls but not all are available here in the Philippines.

I asked her to pose with the Lalaloopsy Dolls. She doesn't know yet we'll get her one.

Finally! Here's happy Soleil with Misty

Soleil and Casey with their Lalaloopsies

Soleil became very attached to Misty that she can't sleep without her (and her other dolls)

She brings Misty everywhere!

Misty having a work-out

She even tried drawing all Lalaloopsy Dolls

And...she also made a video review of Misty. (I'll share some other time. Ang tagal kasi mag upload e)

Well Lalaloopsy Dolls are indeed cute and adorable, even I can't stop looking at them!
Prices ranges from I think 1,300 to 2,700 depending on what doll you will buy.

You can visit their website here to view the doll collection.

Handling your little spoiled brat

I'm the mommy who blunders. I always try to give Soleil everything she wants that sometimes I feel like I'm already going overboard. She is now slowly turning into a spoiled brat and whenever I don't grant her demands, she'll cry. She will not stop until she gets them. She'll drag me whenever we pass by a store and point out whatever it is that she saw. It's hard to say no to your child (mommies would agree) but I'm also distraught that I'm leading her to the wrong path. She's only 6, I don't wanna think grungy when she turns older.

Yesterday, I gave her a hundred and fifty bucks to keep in her wallet, she can also spend it if she wants to buy something. I also told her that she needs to save it because I'll only give her money twice a month and that is every after 15 days. (which gives her 10php to spend a day). This is the only option I can think of to teach her in handling her own money at an early age, I know 6 years old doesn't supposed to be having their own money yet but if I don't do it now, when? I thought of teaching her now than start when she's already a spender and I guess I did the right thing because when we went to the supermarket in the afternoon, she only bought candy worth 19php and did not spend everything I gave her.

I'm intoxicated that she don't wanna squander all her wads. Now, I'm praying to completely chop off her teeny tiny antlers.

BTW, Maybe this story can help fellow mommies out there who's having problems like mine. It helped me too!

Children Don’t Listen To Anger, They Listen To Action by Kevin Leman.

4-year old Julio is at the back of the car, throwing a temper tantrum. He screams, “I hate you Mommy!” Mommy, instead of using anger, uses action. A few minutes after they arrive home, Julio goes to the kitchen. He looks for his milk and cookies—and it’s not there. At that point, his quiet world is discombobulated. Because kids are creatures of habit. Every afternoon, Mommy always prepares milk and cookies. So Julio goes to his mother and asks, “Mommy, where are my milk and cookies?” Very calmly, mommy says, “No milk and cookies today.” She then turns around and walks away. (This step is very important.) Little Julio runs after her. (Kids always do.) He asks, “Why Mommy? Why? Why? Why?” This is a teachable moment. This is when he is actually open to what Mommy has to say. She says, “Because I didn’t like what you did in the car. You had a temper tantrum. (Mommy acts it out just to make it clearer to the little guy.) And you said, ‘I hate you, Mommy.’ That hurt me very much.” By this time, little Julio is bawling, “I’m so sorry Mommy! I won’t do it again.” Mommy says, “I forgive you,Julio.” She hugs him. That’s when Julio whimpers, his big eyes filled with giant tears, “Mommy, can I have my milk and cookies now?” Here’s the secret sauce of this powerful action. Mommy says, “No milk and cookies today. You’ll have it tomorrow.” Believe me, Julio will never forget the lesson. Why? Because kids don’t listen to your anger. They listen to action. And you only have to do this once or twice. He’ll never throw another temper tantrum again.

PS: If you think I'm doing it wrong, then please tell me what's right.

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