Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

 After months of preparation - convincing your teachers to let you stay in ticket queue during class and tests, getting awesome tickets, shopping for the outfit and other concert supplies, making friendship bracelets, and listening all TS albums on repeat - you and Olivia headed to the concert - and had the best time! I think your life has been forever changed. 

1st Theater Bug - Tech

After several friends recommending you, Theater Bug invited you to be a staff intern for their production of My Favorite Season. It wasn't really tech - more assistant stage manager - but I think you still had fun. 

It was a big committment - multiple weekday rehearsals - 4-9p and 12-6p on the weekends. You were happy to hang with the cast especially after shows.

After years - like since you were 6! - of seeing Theater Bug shows, it was fun that you got to be a part of this talented group - and get to hang with Nate, even more than your Dad has in the last month.

Easter 2023

  Easter fun started with you having alone time at home on Friday. You love your alone time.

Jeni's gift from Grandma and Grandpa!

Egg dying - 

Post mass!

Cheekwood - and then did a family bike ride later that day - where you got an electric bike and actually had fun!

Cascerones!

Spring Break 2023: New Orleans

We did all the New Orleans things!

Day 1: City Park, beignets, Anna hang, and Swamp tour

Day 2: Downtown day 

Souvener - New Orleans vinyl, Fat Boy's pizza, trolley ride, more beignets, and bbq at The Joint

Day 3: St Patrick's day - crawfish, Garden District bookstore, Dr Bob's art, movie, and bingo!

I think you were a big fan of Bingo!

14th Birthday Party

Low key - ish party. It ended up being a beautiful afternoon. You guys had fun trying all the different hang out spots - porch, backyard, balcony and playroom.  :)

Dress/shoes: H&M
Cake: Olivia's sister made it!
Food & Decorations: Mom, pizza, salad, and popcorn
Attendees: Olivia, "big" Olivia, Glancey, Maggie and Lucie Jane

The night before - we tried rolled ice cream and saw Into the Woods with Maggie at Humme-Fogg. It was great!

14th Birthday

 

Here's your annual update - 

Things you love:

1. Music - 

For your birthday, you created a diverse list of desired vinyl records, everything from Ben Folds to Taylor Swift to Wilco. Clearly you're Dad has a major influence on your music tastes! And you got Taylor Swift tickets - concert is in May, and you've been planning for months!

2. School leadership-
As class representative, you ended up planning and leading all the SGA events at school!

3. New this year-  Theater Tech - You helped with MLK fall musical and are helping with your first Theater Bug show. 

2023 Goals
1. Have fun with Mom-

We get into it - a lot more than I would like, but have had fun seeing touring brodway shows lately. Hoping we can fight less and have more fun!

2. Learn to shop-

You are a saver. I love a saver, but sometimes you need clothes and things. You are through puberty and officially adult sized - despite your objection, we wear the same size everything. Let's share! all of my stuff isn't horrible. 

Ha! These goals crack me up. My goals are the same -

We do have fun seeing theater together, but you still hate shopping. 

Love you- 

Mom

Mom fun times!

Look at us having fun!

Six at TPAC

I made you recreate this photo when we saw a Nashville Symphony performance.