Today I cleaned Hannah's room, and under her bed I found:
a shoe box full of tan colored rocks (from some neighbor's landscape?)
6 C batteries (3 Duracell, 3 Energizer), next to a battery cover to who-knows-what
a purse with a broken strap
two mismatched shoes (one of Lauren's, one of Olivia's)
3 doll shoes
a scarf
lots of school papers
lots of books
a golf tee
an empty DVD case
and.... an empty donut box
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Scene 13
Emily is now a teenager. To celebrate, she had a movie-themed party.
When each guest arrived, they were given a paper with their own lines to read, and we took them in front of the camera one at a time. I think they were all confused, and many of them were kind of embarassed! But it all paid off in the end. While they ate pizza, ice cream and cake (which I decorated and was really proud of!) and played games, Doug and I rushed together a rough editing process, and to cap off the party, the girls all watched the movie they had participated in making. (This idea started brewing after our Larson Family Film Festival back in May. Thanks to Uncle Bruce for the inspiration and the script!)
Apparently there are only a few things that you gift a 13-year-old girl at her birthday party, and they are called: candy, bags/purses, and make-up. Well, she did get a CD and a book, but she got two cute bags and enough sugary treats to fill them up!
As parents, gift-giving gets both harder and easier as the kids get older. Harder, because a) they already have pretty much everything you want them to own, and b) everything they ask for is too expensive or otherwise not what you want to get them (like an iPad, for example). Easier, though, because you'll most likely end up blowing the birthday budget on one big gift (a bike for Emily, for example), or the old standby of clothes or giftcards/money--of which they can never have enough!
Emily's 13 years have gone by, it seems, like a movie in fast-forward. We took the family to breakfast on her birthday morning, and around the table we shared some of our favorite memories of the birthday girl: things she said in her cute tiny girl voice, and I think that was just the other day!
But I am so excited about Emily's real-life screenplay. It is exciting, often tender, sometimes aggravating, but always resolving in great ways. She is a beautiful character!
Dare I say these words?.... Two teenagers in the house feels....pretty darn good! But then, I've always thrived on a challenge!
When each guest arrived, they were given a paper with their own lines to read, and we took them in front of the camera one at a time. I think they were all confused, and many of them were kind of embarassed! But it all paid off in the end. While they ate pizza, ice cream and cake (which I decorated and was really proud of!) and played games, Doug and I rushed together a rough editing process, and to cap off the party, the girls all watched the movie they had participated in making. (This idea started brewing after our Larson Family Film Festival back in May. Thanks to Uncle Bruce for the inspiration and the script!)
Apparently there are only a few things that you gift a 13-year-old girl at her birthday party, and they are called: candy, bags/purses, and make-up. Well, she did get a CD and a book, but she got two cute bags and enough sugary treats to fill them up!
As parents, gift-giving gets both harder and easier as the kids get older. Harder, because a) they already have pretty much everything you want them to own, and b) everything they ask for is too expensive or otherwise not what you want to get them (like an iPad, for example). Easier, though, because you'll most likely end up blowing the birthday budget on one big gift (a bike for Emily, for example), or the old standby of clothes or giftcards/money--of which they can never have enough!
Emily's 13 years have gone by, it seems, like a movie in fast-forward. We took the family to breakfast on her birthday morning, and around the table we shared some of our favorite memories of the birthday girl: things she said in her cute tiny girl voice, and I think that was just the other day!
But I am so excited about Emily's real-life screenplay. It is exciting, often tender, sometimes aggravating, but always resolving in great ways. She is a beautiful character!
Dare I say these words?.... Two teenagers in the house feels....pretty darn good! But then, I've always thrived on a challenge!
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