Exciting news:

Well, sort of. I have been spending a lot of my time lately working on, and thinking about my Boston University plans. This week things have finally come together. At last, after lots of emails and phone calls, I was able to speak with Michael Kaye, the program director of the Theatre Education MFA. He was really nice and helpful, and seemed to think I had potential as a candidate for the program. Here is the kicker. They only take ONE student a year.
It’s more like a fellowship than a student situation. They choose someONE with an interesting idea that lines up with something one of their faculty members wants to do. It is a mentorship relationship for three years while you/I work on their idea/project.
I told Michael my ideas for being an education director—like my boss—and running a youth/community outreach program and how I feel that in order to this I need to develop my artistic abilities, i.e. Acting and Directing.
I know you all think I’m a brilliant actress, but in reality I haven’t been on stage since high school, and only took one acting class in college. I have lots of great ideas, having worked on lots of shows, but very little actual experience.
Michael seemed to think this direction is wise, and said that their program would be great for that kind of training. Basically I would take an acting classes with the undergrads and then be expected to teach it the following semester. Ha!
I also got in touch with the local theatre’s Education Director (She like my boss) and she is super nice and seems really interested in helping me get to Boston—maybe even just working for her if I don’t get into the program.
So I’m continuing my application—I hate the process. I hope I’ll have it all done by the end of October. I probably won’t know anything more from them until February, and the final decision won’t be until March. Wish me luck.

Playdate

Today we got to have Campbell over to play. And no big (or Bigger)kids were around to provide entertainment. It's pretty funny to watch 1 year olds (almost for Campbell) interact. This is the kind of situation I would have LOVED to be able to observe when I was at BYU. It started out by Sadie giving Campbell item after item. Here's a tinkertoy-

and one of those...thingys

Please take this book. Note the body language of Campbell turning away.
Then I stepped in to help with the entertainment which was good for awhile.

Sadie got tired of that after not too long. "Where's your toes?"

Finally in the end happy with the parallel play (next to each other but not with each other)

Sweet baby girls!

Pack 393

So here's me trying to look cool in my women-leader Scout shirt (an impossible feat) that just got passed down to me. Do I look mom-ish or what? I went to one training thing where the lady was saying leaders should tuck their shirts in since we expect the boys to. I tried that out and it's definetly not going to happen. So, I'm proud to be following in dad's footprints. However, I do hope to not be in scouts forever. For now its fun and I get to learn all about it (and there's alot) before Eli goes into Cubscouts in about a year and half.

Blogging Stuff

OK, I finally figured out how to get back in there and change the settings. I deleted us from the "listed" blogs, so it won't show up when random Italians go blog-browsing in Bologna, but I left it on the searchable list in case someone is actually looking for us. I think "Joyous" was Joy Olson because Betsy asked me for the address the other day so she could let Joy see the kids.

I also added notifications so when comments are posted, everyone will get a notice in your email and you can see when there's activity. It doesn't tell you when a new post is up, only when there are comments made on it. If you don't like that, tell me and I'll change it. I'll send everyone a private email with the how-to's and passwords so you can get on the master blog and change things if you want.

Love ya'll!

Campbell

Mom made a request to see some Belle. She is so funny still not really crawling but she does get around. Like this!! She is such a easy going happy baby reminds me of Jane as a baby. She LOVES the cat and he is just happy to get some attention! He is as good a cat as she is a baby.

So here she is.....(comin up quick on 1!!!)
We are thinking maybe Jack-Jack for Halloween!
Lots of hair
C.T.R. Clip Model

Thanksgiving

So while we're making plans...whats up with Thanksgiving? Anyone? Anyone?

Broadlawn Street Rocks

I've been living in my new HOUSE (woo hoo! Be gone, communal living!) for about a month now. First off, it's super cute, as you can see on the left. And I love having lots of roommates again. Although I may have been somewhat of a solitary, bookwormish child and also a sometimes too-independent teenager, I've realized that I am much too social to live alone. When your one roommate has a serious boyfriend, that's what it often amounts to. Now there is always someone home to have fun with, especially since neither Melanie or I are working yet. Glad I'm not alone in my underemployment. There are 5 of us: Me, Krystle, Melanie, Julia, and Dayna.
And I love my new craigslist find--the rocking chair. I've taken a surprising amount of grief for buying this--several jokes about knitting. I think it's really cute. To me, it's reminiscent of island life such as in the DR where everyone has rocking chairs and sits around in the evenings talking to family and neighbors (which are often the same thing). This area is always shady, thanks to the olive tree, and it's perfect for reading. I've got my stack of books there in the picture, and school hasn't even started yet. Another day in the good life!