Quick visit from Aunt Jill and cousin Nicole, in town for a cheer competition. Aunt Jill’s visits almost always involve Kaylee curled up on the couch with her, playing games. This time it was Phase 10 on Nicole’s new iPad.
The kids just chillin’ and watching a bit of TV after school. It’s been a very busy, homework/activity-heavy week. I think we’re all going to appreciate the long weekend!
Matthew had his first paying magic gig this evening! David Blaine had an event down in Dallas tonight, and they brought in three kids to do magic in the lobby before the show to entertain people while they were waiting. I stayed home with Kaylee, while Mark and the other Young Magicians Club leader took Matthew.
Looks like the spectators were enjoying themselves! :)
Matthew’s shows went great, and he had a wonderful time performing. I’m so glad it went well for him! :)
They then got to go watch Blaine’s show, which Mark and Matthew both really enjoyed, and there was a reception afterwards, where they got to meet him.
Pretty darn cool. Congrats, Matthew, on an awesome debut! :)
Mark dragged me out to “Partyfest” today, a vendors’ exhibition for all things party related. There were caterers and clowns and photo booths galore. This company had crazily costumed stilt walkers, dancers, and acrobats, including this gal who was hanging from the “chandelier”. It was pretty cool, but I don’t think my life includes parties that would involve acrobats. LOL
It was time for “Dress as your chosen career” day again at school. Kaylee’s goals have modified slightly this year. Instead of just a singer, she now also wants to act. She’s definitely got the dramatic skills for it. ;) So today was an excuse for her to over-accessorize and for me to breakout my circa 1987 crimping iron.
Matthew needed a headshot for a security badge for an upcoming magic thing. Rather than dig through my photos for something appropriate, I just grabbed him and had him stand by the door for a lovely experiment in trying to keep his eyes open with the blinding flash.
After I took this, I remembered that we have a copyright release for his school photo, so I told Mark we could use that one if he thought it would be better.
Mark’s response was that Matthew obviously looks older in the snapshot, so we should probably just use that one. I hadn’t noticed, but yeah he does. After all, the school photo was taken a whole… four months ago.
Yikes.
Our house is cluttered. The “stuff” just comes in at a much greater rate than it goes out. And then it just stays. And accumulates. We’re a long way from being candidates for an episode of “Hoarders”, but we will never be mistaken for any of the homes in the glossy decorator magazines. So that being the case, any area that becomes devoid of clutter stands out in stark contrast. This space beside my desk is where the Christmas tree stood. We disassembled the 9-foot tall, 4 to 5-foot wide (I’ve never actually measured) monster of metal and green plastic yesterday and sent it back to its resting place in the attic. And so now there is this expanse of naked space.
I’m sure it will be filled back in with something soon. Prior to the holiday decorating, an extra dining table covered in dead computer monitors and random piles of paperwork sat here, but the table has been relocated to the “sitting area” of the master bedroom, and it will probably stay there indefinitely. An old glider rocker that we bought before Matthew was born, which gets shifted to various rooms, often sits here; in fact, it has rubbed the paint off the wall at the edge of the window. But the rocker is currently in Kaylee’s room, and she has decided she’d like to keep it in there for the time being.
So for now, it is just space. Barren. Distracting. Disturbingly unsettling. Space.
