10 days to Miks 8th birthday

Today marks 10 days to Miks 8th birthday....it seems it is not getting any easier raising a girl at this age......all she wants is to do what she wants and not what we want her to do!!! I wonder when that will pass......She definitely a person of her own mind......
The other day when she got masd at me for not allowing her to watch tv or play the computer, she decided to stomp upstairs to her room and says to me " I AM NOT COMING DOWN FROM MY ROOM NOT UNTIL DINNER TIME!!!!" So i in reply said to her, "Well, suit yourself" but minutes later i hear her stomping down the stairs saying..." oops i forgot to bring something up" I had to giggle at this.....she was adamant about not coming down and she realised that she had to just minutes later to collect something from downstairs.......she is quite a character....however after all that she did go back upstairs again.....just to come down for a quick dinner....by then she had calmed down and did not bother to be mad anymore......
Right now as i type this post, she is downstairs i bet trying to concentrate on homework which has to be done but her mind is already on the TV which again i have forbidden her to turn on until after homework is done......cruel you may think...but once that thing is turned on, i cant get her away from it...that's why i do what i do!!!
Every year for her birthday i always have a suprise for her...last year i took her to a manicure and pedicure....just to get her nails looking pretty....this year she has again ask for another suprise...but she said, can it not be nails again????i want something else......i said to her, so what would you like? Anyways, i said to her as well, if i told you what the suprise was, it wont be a suprise after all......but i do have something up my sleeve this year and i bet she will be really really pleased with it! Will not reveal for now.....maybe after her suprise is known to her......