Remember this post? We survived. We woke up at five AM. We hustled everything into the car and were out the door by 6:30. We picked up another girl and made it to the convention center by 8 and we all ran from there. [Read more...]
(We got the) Hollywood Vibe
29 January 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dance Moms and their Stars
14 January 2012 By 1 Comment
So most of you who read this probably already know I have a tiny dancer on my hands. Last year she was invited to try out for, and consequently got into her studio’s Company. Yay for her, tons of work for me, but totally worth how much she loved it. This year she tried out again and made it in. [Read more...]
My Side of the Mountain
11 January 2012 By Leave a Comment
I started reading this book with my kids tonight. You can find a current (and inexpensive) printing of it here as well as many customer reviews.
I read this book for the first time probably around 1989/1990. I’ve reread it many times since then. I’ve gone so far as to push it on my kids, although none ever took a real interest. I decided tonight to start it, and lo and behold, all three listened with very few interruptions. [Read more...]
The more things change…
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Graduation, 2010
8 June 2010 By 1 Comment
Michael & Sara graduated from high school last night. I can’t even begin to tell them how proud I am of them. Did they work hard for it? Yes. But doesn’t everyone? Some work harder or more than others, but in the end, everyone met a base line of requirements to receive their diploma. I am not proud because of that. I am proud because of what they went through in the years before they got to walk across that stage. [Read more...]
