Just when I'm beginning to accept that Beth is grown, she makes a u-turn and becomes a kid again. Her entire day today has been planned around the Disney Channel's airing of the movie, "Camp Rock." Seriously...She is home with me on a Saturday night because Camp Rock was coming on at 7:00. She even went to the mall this afternoon with BFF only after asking me several times if I'd pick her up in time to come home and watch this movie. I'm not complaining. I'm actually enjoying this brief trip back in time. I know it won't last. Next time I walk through the den she'll no doubt be watching some trash on MTV.
I watched Camp Rock with her tonight. It's basically a knock-off version of High School Musical. Same basic plot. Same basic characters. Not as good, though, because I LOVE HSM. Yes, I'm 40 years old and will watch HSM 1 or 2 anytime I'm flipping channels and see it on.
However, the "hot" guy in Camp Rock is Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers Band. I just don't get the draw to him. You can see a picture of him here. I think it's his hair that bothers me. I think it looks a lot like Carol's hair on the Brady Bunch. Anyway, I couldn't really think about enjoying the movie because I looking at him and thinking he's a goth version of Mrs. Brady? I'd hoped the 70s shag haircuts were a thing of, well, the 70s. I understand about retro being cool but that hair shall never, never, never be cool again. Perhaps someone should tell Joe Jonas?
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Years of living with kids from the foster care system have made me a little nuts. Despite having adopted some kids, they constantly remind me, in so many little subversive ways, that I'm not the REAL momma and I never will be, no matter how hard I try.
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Meet the Family
- Alli - 23 year old daughter. She came to me at 15 as an emergency foster placement. She had a 2 month old micro-preemie son at the time.
- Baby Blair - Daughter of Alli. Born at 21 weeks gestation, she lived just minutes but has had a huge impact on all our lives.
- Beth - 20 year old daugher. Bio sister of Alli. She came to me about a month before her 14th birthday. I legally adopted her when she was sixteen.
- Boy Wonder - 26 year old son-in-law (husband of Alli). He is the father of Baby Blair and Miss Piggy.
- Cori - 18 year old former foster daughter. I've been in and out of her life since she was 9. She was recently adopted by a family that lives far away but I still hear from her on a semi-regular basis.
- Elvis - My 7 year old grandson. Alli's son. He was born at 26 weeks gestation and spent 4 months in NICU. At 6, he's non-verbal, doesn't walk, and his arms don't work well, either. Despite all that, he's AWESOME!
- Me - 42 year old single foster/adoptive mom. I teach school by day and deal with my wonderful, wacky (wacko?) family in my off-hours.
- Miss Piggy - Daughter of Alli and Boy Wonder. She was born July 1, 2009. She's walking everywhere and loves to dance. Lately, she's really gotten into dolls, saying "Baby!" whenever she sees one.
- Spider-Pig - 21 year old boyfriend of Beth. He's lasted longer than most of her other boyfriends added together. We'll see where this relationship goes. (Thanks to Mongoose for giving him his blog name. He'd love it, I'm sure.)
- SpiderPiglet - 8 month old daughter of Beth and SpiderPig. She's cute as a button and starting to get really mobile.
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1 comment:
I tried to watch the movie with the kids b/c I love the tweenie movies. They all crowded on my bed and at some point I fell asleep and began snoring, they left me and watched it in the Living Room. I agree, it wasn't as good.
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