We have been having some hot humid weather here in the Northeast the past few days. Luckily, it has coincided with my husbands days off, and we have been taking the kids to our town beach. The kids have been having a fantastic time. They love the water and don't want to leave, even after we have been there for 6 hours.

On the third day I woke Jessica up to tell her what I thought was good news....by was I wrong.

Me: "Jessica, we are going to Stevens Pond today wake up!"

Jessica: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I want to go to Hello Kitty Land!!!" (followed by Jessica meowing like an angry cat)


This was the beginning of a 90 minute scream/meowing/hissing-fest. I don't think I have explained yet about what happens when Jessica becomes "Mrs. Cat".


It happens a lot when she doesn't want to do something., or get anxious about something. She starts crawling around, and hissing. She has been known to eat out of our cat Sabrina's bowl, to try and scratch whiskers on her face with her fingernails, and to eat grass. You know - basic kid to cat behavior.

It really surprised me that she acted this way about going to the pond. I have never had a problem with Jessica not wanting to swim. It really was a knock down drag out fight too.
At first she was just upset about going, and then she said she needed a new bathingsuit. For some reason the one she has been wearing was not good enough. Of course it has been good for the 102 times she has worn it since she got it for her birthday. And I should mention her birthday is April 7. Meaning she wore it when there was still snow on the ground.

I got the bright idea to see if I could find one of her Hello Kitty swimsuits from last year. I had no idea if it would fit her, but at this point I would try anything. I did eventually find a stylish baby blue HK bathingsuit. I took one look at it, and knew it wouldn't fit. I was hoping that she wouldn't notice, wear it, and go quietly to the pond. (Yeah Right!)

Jessica put on the bathingsuit, looked up at me and very sweetly asked, "Mom, can we leave now?"

SERIOUSLY?????? All it took was a too small HK swim suit. Hallelujah.