Sorry about mom... I think our parents are the same there. I love how color blind my toddler daughter is. She says I am brown ;) She would never say I am white as well, she does not understand races but she knows people are different shade of brown and she calls one of her brothers pink. He is so pale he is glow in the dark. She calls it how she sees it. Thats my girl.

Try to get plenty of rest before the events. They sound fun but understandable why stressful. Try to enjoy the moments one at a time. Try to not look at it as a cluster but one thing and one event to go through each moment live it. Take time to focus and prepare to do it as such. And it is OK to have fun.