SO, before the winter break my daughter went to her first school dance. we did her hair, put on some make-up and put on one of her favorite dresses. i let her wear some of my jewelry, took pictures and then i dropped her off at the gym. to me she looked beautiful and it made me wish that i was that cute when i went to my first dance. alas, i was over weight and awkward. made for a very long night of hanging out by myself.
anyway, these milestones in my children's lives create such anxiety for me. growing up for me was hard. i mean HARD. and i don't want my kids to have to face those heartaches i did. i worry that they will be teased, or a boy will say no to them when they wish to dance. i worry that they won't think they are good enough and i worry that they will feel like i did. i know these are things every person must go through, but i just hope for a happy adolescence for my kids.
i picked up my daughter from the dance with no sign of distress or sadness. she seemed happy to go albeit not to impressed by what is called a "school dance". my daughter is much different then me. although she can be timid, she has a lot of friends (both boys and girls) and seems to not care much about what people think of her. she is quick to offer ideas and is an entrepreneur. which impresses me and am grateful for.
it's hard the think i not only have the rest of her milestones but two more kids milestones as well. sigh. panic attacks here i come....
-my parents were able to come for thanksgiving.
THANK YOU
-took annual pictures of my kids. love doing that.
THANK YOU
-had a massive amount of food (and a massive amount of left overs) that was so yummy.
THANK YOU
-went to see 'rise of the guardians' as a family and enjoyed every single minute. (and it's an awesome movie too)
THANK YOU
-got to spend time with my parents taking them to different sites in my town.
THANK YOU
-went on a date with my husband to see 'looper' (which is also a very
good movie albeit VERY different from rise of the guardians') THANK YOU
went to the aquarium where we saw lots of lots of fish (big surprise)
and...
happy parents...
mermaids and...
tigers.
ended the vacation with a dance recital by my daughter to 'one direction' songs. (yay?)
THANK YOU.
do not buy window crayons. they are a horrible horrible mess.
just ask my husband who spent hours last night trying to clean it off.
YEAH.
SO, as you all remember (or not) my son's last birthday party was a {mover's} party. we all pretty much LOVE the {imagination mover's} around here. wesley loves their {show} their {music} their inventions. yeah, they are cooler than the wiggles BY FAR.
one of wesley's presents was to go to their concert. originally the concert was supposed to be march 2012. i bought the tickets in october 2011. then the concert got canceled and rescheduled for october 2012 because disney jr. wanted more time to promote the movers and their new cd. as bummed as we were to have to wait, we still were excited to see them. THEN the concert got canceled in october for not having sold enough tickets. didn't help that the venue they were supposed to play at didn't advertise them coming. sigh. wesley cried and cried at the thought of not going. especially after waiting a year to go. a lot of us mover fans got in touch with the mover's themselves telling them how disappointed we were and that we understood their predicament but still were upset with the outcome. with some scrambling on the imagination mover's part, they re-scheduled at a much smaller venue and held the concert anyway. those amazing men didn't make ONE PENNY on that concert. they did it because they love their fans. that's how awesome these guys are. makes me kinda teary eyed at how happy they made my son. LOVE THEM.
anyway, wesley and i went to the concert just the two of us. we had a lovely dinner of 7-11 hotdogs (don't ask) and enjoyed a very fun, highly energetic concert. my son got to play rich's guitar, dance with dave and sing with scott. so. much. fun.
we also got to meet them. they have to be some of the nicest guys ever. they gave us a private concert, snacks, pictures and signed posters. we hung out with them for a couple hours and even closed the place down. we would have stayed longer to chat with rich (about 'cabin in the woods' of all things) but the venue wanted to clean up.
we made the hour and a half drive home late that night full of memories that my son will remember for a long long time. it was a really really great night. and we have the movers to thank for it! THANKS guys!
SO, the twilight saga has come to an end. i don't know if i'm more sad or if i'm more gleefully ecstatic! why would i be sad you say? because NOW what am i going to mock mercilessly? i mean, there really isn't much else out there as bad as twilight. is there? ah, but {eric snider} came through once again with his rejected screen play. man, how much i love this man. so so so much.
go {HERE} for the perfect ending to such a crappy story.
enjoy, and you're welcome.
P.S. and as eric so wittily said
"The high point is an extended battle sequence that serves as the movie's
climax. Here we have Michael Sheen hamming it up as the gloriously
insane Volturi leader Aro, and a lot of nameless vampires and werewolves
ripping each other's heads off, opening chasms in the ice to swallow
enemies, and perpetrating other energetic acts of violence. I
unabashedly enjoyed every minute of this sequence: it's big, it's fast,
and it's fun. Does the CGI look awfully fake, especially with the
werewolves? It sure does! Godzilla looked like a guy in a rubber suit,
too, and it didn't detract from the cheesy B-movie pleasure of it"
i could not have said it any better.
goodbye twilight and thank you for the hours upon hours of mocking material you gave me. it has been a pleasure.
SO, it's that time of year again for family pictures. hooray???
i usually love doing them, but this year i decided to try to do it on my own. my lovely friend came over and used my equipment and took our pictures. i was pretty particular this year about poses. i think i annoyed just about everyone but the end result (i think) was worth it.
here's a sneak peek...
and now i'm glad it's over. it was SERIOUSLY exhausting.
seriously.
