Can you tell I'm obsessing about the whole photo thing? But... I just checked and the paper's photographer just posted the cutest photo of Alice!!! No Meredith Brooks in the photo, but it is a great picture!
http://gazettetimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0&image=16111000&event=329187
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Newspaper policies
So yesterday my mother suggested I call the paper to see if they had any photos of Alice. I just got off the phone with the photographer and turns out he did! That's the good news... And they would have run with one of those except they can't publish a photo without getting the names of those in it (and he couldn't find us that night). And... if they don't publish them they won't allow them to be sold! AAARRGGHHH!
I did do quite a bit of cajoling on the phone and got him to promise to look through his photos to see if he had any of Alice that he hadn't yet deleted. IF he does, he said he'd post them on the web and that way I can purchase them. Keep your fingers crossed!
In the meantime, here's a link to the photo that did run. If you look wwwwaaaayyyy to the lower right you can see Alice's torso and legs in a little striped dress. Oh well...
http://gazettetimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0&theway=next&picnum=6&image=16089007&thispage2=&return=#show
This was the caption:
Meredith Brooks plays for the crowd and the children on the stage at Corvallis' 150th Birthday Celebration at Riverfront Park on Tuesday. In the middle of Brooks' set, a little girl ran up on stage to dance which prompted Brooks to invite all the children in the audience to join her on stage as she sang.
I did do quite a bit of cajoling on the phone and got him to promise to look through his photos to see if he had any of Alice that he hadn't yet deleted. IF he does, he said he'd post them on the web and that way I can purchase them. Keep your fingers crossed!
In the meantime, here's a link to the photo that did run. If you look wwwwaaaayyyy to the lower right you can see Alice's torso and legs in a little striped dress. Oh well...
http://gazettetimes.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0&theway=next&picnum=6&image=16089007&thispage2=&return=#show
This was the caption:
Meredith Brooks plays for the crowd and the children on the stage at Corvallis' 150th Birthday Celebration at Riverfront Park on Tuesday. In the middle of Brooks' set, a little girl ran up on stage to dance which prompted Brooks to invite all the children in the audience to join her on stage as she sang.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
First Day of School and my little groupie
Yesterday was the first day of school for both Jack and Alice. I now have them both going to preschool 5 days a week. I was really apprehensive about making the switch from having someone in the house caring for them while I work to having them both gone every morning. They are both loving it but it's another step towards growing up and no longer needing their mommy.
Everything went great as far as Jack was concerned. And I'm just going to think that it was a false start with Alice yesterday. She just turned 2 and a half last week and they had her in with 3 and 4 year olds. She can totally hold her own but that's sort of besides the point. Then they put her in with 4 & 5 year olds for the T-Th session while all her little buddies were in the class for the little ones. I went in this morning thinking I was going to have to yank her. Luckily it turned out that the director had somehow thought her birthday was 03/04 instead of 03/05. She switched her to the other class and Alice and her buddies were all very happy with the change. WHEW!!!
Tonight our little town of Corvallis held a celebration for its 150th birthday. They had bouncy houses for kids, birthday cake, wine, beer, gelato and munchies. We thought the kids might enjoy it so we headed down. As you can imagine, with anything free, the lines were horrendous. We did the bouncy houses, stood in line for cake and then found seats on the grass in basically the second row. Then the mayor got up and spoke, then the President of Oregon State, then the Oregon State baseball coach and by then I was ready to pack it in. Alice had decided that the best way to make it through the "entertainment" was by launching herself into my lap and pummeling my stomach with her sandaled feet. NICE... After about 75 rounds of that I really didn't think my stomach could take much more. But then the real entertainment began. I had no idea, but apparently Meredith Brooks (http://www.meredithbrooks.com/) is from Corvallis and came home just for this. During her second number (I'm a Bitch) her 3 year old son got up and was dancing on the stage with her. Next thing I know, Alice was taking off for the stage. I started going off after her and Meredith said to let her go and then invited her up onstage! So there is my 2 year old up on stage dancing with a multi-platinum artist!!! Oh, and are you wondering where the pictures are of it? Yeah, as we were getting ready to go, I went back into the house to get the camera and promptly forgot what I went in for.
No photos.
Oh, and would I be in the scrapbook business? Can't tell you how badly I was kicking myself, because... it gets even better!
Meredith is releasing a kids album later this month (we bought it and I would highly recommend it) so after her Bitch number she launched into kiddie tunes (a slightly ironic turn). She then invited all of the children up onto the stage. One of her songs was "What's Your Name." She had the kids all say their names into the microphone. When it was Alice's turn she said her name so faintly that no one could hear it. So Meredith stopped everything, brought Alice to the front of the stage, knelt down beside her and had the crowd quiet down so we could hear Alice. And then Alice shouted out her name. The crowd was clapping and laughing. It was just great. And there was no camera in my hand.... Bad, mommy, bad!
I'm hoping when I open the local paper tomorrow she'll be on the cover or when I turn on the news tonight she'll be there. Fingers are crossed...
I still can't believe it. My 2 year old is a groupie!!!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Weekend fun and finally starting a blog!
Well... I'm finally going to dive into the world of blogs! I think I've avoided starting this for a while because I decided that my first entry had to be something profound. Now I've decided that my first entry should just be...
We had a fun weekend around here. Work Friday night, but that's the norm. Saturday morning I actually made it out of the house without two small children in tow, got my high maintenance coffee drink (what's wrong with a half-caf, skinny, sugar-free vanilla latte, aka, the "akward bitch drink" according to my British sister-in-law), and headed to the farmer's market. The market is definitely one of my highlights of Oregon summers. There is nothing like coming home with a half flat of fresh berries. I basically go into mourning when they are no longer available.
Then it was back to work for the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we headed downtown for the twice yearly wine walk. All the stores have wineries in and do tastings. It's a big social event and so fun just to be out walking around, running into friends and discovering new wines. We met us with some friends and then had sushi afterwards. It was a perfect evening (followed by a few hours of work!).
The next morning I was up bright and early, and on the road by 6 am (ouch!). But... to be greeted by a view of the sun rising over Mt Jefferson with a sliver of moon above it and the morning star above that, definitely made the 5:30 alarm worth it.
So what was I doing up so early on a Sunday morning? Antiquing of course! I met up with the Edwards, Emily, Jill and Paolo to head to the Coburg Antiques Fair. I was in search of chairs to reupholster and instead I found the coolest turquoise buffet that is going to look great in our living room that we are just beginning the process of redecorating. And... I found some really fun ephemera for kits! We had a really fun day; so nice to get together with friends.
We had a fun weekend around here. Work Friday night, but that's the norm. Saturday morning I actually made it out of the house without two small children in tow, got my high maintenance coffee drink (what's wrong with a half-caf, skinny, sugar-free vanilla latte, aka, the "akward bitch drink" according to my British sister-in-law), and headed to the farmer's market. The market is definitely one of my highlights of Oregon summers. There is nothing like coming home with a half flat of fresh berries. I basically go into mourning when they are no longer available.
Then it was back to work for the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we headed downtown for the twice yearly wine walk. All the stores have wineries in and do tastings. It's a big social event and so fun just to be out walking around, running into friends and discovering new wines. We met us with some friends and then had sushi afterwards. It was a perfect evening (followed by a few hours of work!).
The next morning I was up bright and early, and on the road by 6 am (ouch!). But... to be greeted by a view of the sun rising over Mt Jefferson with a sliver of moon above it and the morning star above that, definitely made the 5:30 alarm worth it.
So what was I doing up so early on a Sunday morning? Antiquing of course! I met up with the Edwards, Emily, Jill and Paolo to head to the Coburg Antiques Fair. I was in search of chairs to reupholster and instead I found the coolest turquoise buffet that is going to look great in our living room that we are just beginning the process of redecorating. And... I found some really fun ephemera for kits! We had a really fun day; so nice to get together with friends.
Hope your weekend was a good one too!
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