Blah Blah Blah(g)ing: Twelve

A certain someone is very excited to be twelve.

We started early...the Friday night before her birthday...dinner at Islands and lava cake for dessert (as evidenced by Brooke's black teeth). Speaking of Brooke's teeth, she is missing a few in the front, giving her a bit of a gruesome look paired with the chocolate...

The next day, the actual day, 3-21...two friends were dropped off, and our first stop was Yummy Cupcakes in Burbank, CA. Each child (and one mom and one dad) picked out a cupcake! Oh, and we saw Jay Leno hanging out with his antique car right there on the corner of Hollywood Way and Magnolia Blvd. However, we had a tight schedule, so we didn't stop (because only one of the four kids had even heard of him...)

Next on the agenda...a movie for the big girls. I took them to see Knowing with Nicolas Cage. Gee, I lapsed and didn't check Movie Mom for her review. Guess what. It's freakin' scary. Wouldn't REALLY recommend it for your 12 year-olds. One of the three couldn't hang, so she and I left the movie 40 minutes into it.

I do recommend it for older kids and parents. I want to go back so I can see the end...it was a GOOD movie, just not really for youngish kids. Even those in middle school.
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So, the one who couldn't hang and I had an hour and a half to spare, so we went into Coraline...which was really weird and really not good. Can't say that I'd recommend that one for anyone. Most especially NOT the little kids in the theater...just because it's animated doesn't mean it's for little kids!!
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After the movie, the girls saw a cool chair in Urban Home as we walked back to the car. They HAD to sit in it!!!

It was a Twilight birthday indeed. And guess what came out on DVD right on 3-21?? Yes, indeed, Twilight! I think that Edward is yummy. For a vampire anyway.