I'm doing spotlights for Amber's show, and you're supposed to bring a heat-proof glove because those lights get hot enough to burn you. One of the other spots people showed us a scar from a previous show. Despite having reminded myself 3 times during the day not to forget, I forgot my gloves in the house and didn't remember until just after we'd ( Read more... )

Amber is loving doing theater! Her next musical is "Honk" and pre-sale tickets for VIP season ticket holders are on-sale now. i.e. I can buy you a ticket before they go on sale for the parents this Friday at 10am. There are 3 casts with 69 kids each, and each cast only does 3 performances, so tickets will go quickly ( Read more... )

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Amber has been cast in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat!. She is in the "Webber" cast, and she'll be performing ( Read more... )

Me: That sounds like hail.
Me: That is hail!
... comes back inside ...
Me: Look! I caught one!

Jon: "Hard things are falling from the sky, I'm going to go out and play in it." Dear, you are compellingly our daughter's mother.

Yup, I guess so.
--Beth

Amber's 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Commercial is now live:

Click to view

Here's that link to her "buy online" site ( Read more... )

I want to get Peter and Amber (and me too!) the game "Portal" for Christmas. A look at Amazon leads me to believe I can no longer buy it in box form -- the company website directs me to Steam to buy the game. It looks like I can get Portal 2 for mac for $20 in box form. I haven't (successfully) used Steam before, and I don't know how well it ( Read more... )

Clearly this is bothering me more than it's bothering Amber. Which does make me feel a little better. I shot this tonight with my new iPod touch 4. The video quality offends my sensibilities as a professional, but I'll edit it into something better eventually. Only the first few seconds are worth watching. If you start getting bored it doesn't ( Read more... )

I posted not long ago about how Daylight savings time changes would help me with shifting Amber's sleep schedule earlier. I was wrong. We're right back where we started. Bummer.

Happy Daylight Savings Time day. ZZZzzzz...
--Beth

"His name is Snow White"

--Beth