We walked to the salon and the whole time we walked, even on the way back, it was dripping water – some people like to call it ‘rain’.  I got my hair trimmed.  I got hot chocolate.  My mom got her eyebrows waxed, and after that we went to Aphrodite’s – a small cafe with yummy pie.  I got raspberry rhubarb.  Everything was organic – meaning natural, not processed.  Organic food is healthier than processed food.  While we were there, we added up how much everything would cost, including tip and tax.  We guessed $45, and it was actually $44.70!  I thought our answer was pretty close and that my mom and I are mathematicians.

After that, we went to Banyan books, a nice bookstore with leather journals that I like to write in.  While I was in there, I started looking at the journals, and mom was looking at an interesting notebook which was all about ‘walls’.  I thought it was ok, but not my favourite.  I wanted one of the leather ones but I already have two of them, and I have a gift certificate (which I got for my birthday which is $25 for Banyan Books) and we decided we wouldn’t buy one of them right now but instead we would go back and look at the ones at home and if we didn’t have one like the one that I wanted, we would take the gift certificate and go back and buy it.

After this day with my mom, I decided to create a new goal – “to have mommy-time once a week”.  And that’s the story of my hair, brunch, and books.

KaiaPapaya

My name is Kaia Papaya.  I am 8 years old and have a little brother, named Lolo.  I am in 3rd grade and just recently moved to Canada.  I have brown hair and wear glasses.  My mom works and my dad stays at home because my brother goes to half-day pre-school so he can pick us up after school.

I love to read and I love math.  My favourite kind of books are chapter books that are really thick – meaning lots of pages.  The longer the better.  My favourite series is Harry Potter.  I also love to play with Calico Critters and Playmobil.  I’m doing karate and am about to test for a yellow belt.  Before we moved here to Canada, I was a green belt white stripe – but now I have to start over because we have different rules in Canada.

If you’re a parent, you should read my blog because it may help you teach your kids new things and understand your kids better – like how to get them to clean their room…neatly.

If you’re a kid, you should read my blog because you will learn how to organize, design rooms with Playmobil and Calico Critters – you’ll get advice on good books to read, I’ll share my goals with you and how I’m doing with them, and it may even increase your knowledge of math.

But regardless of who you are, you should read my blog because I’m an interesting kid and I have lots of things to talk about.

I hope you enjoy my blog!

-Papaya