Shoes

Aerin had last Friday off from school, so she and Mom went shopping. I called Tracy's cell after a few hours, to find out when (if?) they were coming home. Aerin answered, and, breathless with excitement, said, "Oh, my gosh, it was like the first pair of shoes I tried on! You'll never guess. They fit! And then every pair I tried on fit!"

Next, she wants a manicure.

Pictures

Some pictures from Aerin's Birthday and from her State Project have been posted at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/JeffTheTwoThirds

Aerin's Birthday

To honor Aerin's 11th b-day, our digital picture frame is featuring Aerin for the whole week. Over 300 pictures of and by our girl. She wasn't properly thrilled.

More Birthday Highlights:

For her party on Friday, Aerin took 6 friends to see Rango, then to California Pizza Kitchen, and then to Sweet Factory. On Saturday, her actual b-day, Aerin opened her family gifts, then went shopping with Mom to spend some of her $. Tonight, I helped her spend some of her Amazon gift card money (mostly for manga, but also, oddly, some scratch-n-sniff pizza stickers).

Aerin said yesterday, "Dad, I'm almost 12!"

Almost 11

Aerin is almost 11. She reads voraciously, loves anime (which Dad screens very carefully), and thinks she's a teenager. She hates any sign of affection from her parents, but it doesn't stop us.

Let the 'tweens begin!