This is the fifth winter solstice celebrated here at Verbatim, and thus the fifth time I've asked you to join me in wishing Steph a Happy Birthday! Today she is 12, which sounds awfully old to me—although you can ask me again next year when I have to declare her age with a word ending in "-teen." (Eek!)
Steph adores her green digital camera, although we discovered that it eats batteries like nobody's business, so it looks as though I'll be investing in some rechargeables as soon as possible. (I love the idea of these USB rechargeables—anyone ever try them?) Andy ventured out into the winter wonderland to pick up her beloved Bill's Pizza for lunch, so she's a happy camper.
Oh, and as soon as the sun officially sets, she will get to continue her celebration with the first night of Hanukkah! It's an embarrassment of riches for her today.
Happy 12th, Steph! Hope you and your mom enjoy that one last "tween" year, and have fun unwrapping gifts for eight straight nights.
Posted by: Susan | December 21, 2008 at 09:38 PM
She looks like a very happy girl!
Posted by: Elena | December 22, 2008 at 06:58 AM
Happy Birthday Steph!
Did Steph give you permission to write about her on your blog? :-)
Posted by: Susan | December 22, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Yup - Alison and I can vouch for the USB Rechargeables! We've been using ours for two years or so now. They're quite clever.
And belated Happy Birthday to Steph!
Posted by: Joel Altre-Kerber | December 23, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Happy belated birthday. I am always late for a party. And don't worry, the teens aren't bad at all.
Posted by: debbie | December 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM
I'm so behind in reading. On Tuesday my son turned that age that ends in "teen." His Boca friends are all officially becoming men which seems to include wildly over-the-top theme parties. Oh, and something about the Torah. No Bar Mitzvah for my son...but he has requested adding a curse word or two to his vocabulary! And got an iPod.
Posted by: Di | December 26, 2008 at 07:48 AM