Kouryou-chan turns 12.
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elfsThe big news for this weekend was Kouryou-chan turned twelve. Omaha and I aren't ready for her to be a middle-schooler, but damn she's growing up fast.
There were seven giggling girls. I stayed in the office and fine-tuned my new laptop for most of it, but it was my duty to load up the video player for the show they were going to watch, and to make my Flagship macaroni & cheese for dinner, which I did with some stress, as a double-sized batch took more planning than I'd anticipated. I made the six-cup Bechamel sauce with the same sized spoon I do for a three-cup, and oddly that seemed to work even better, as if making the sauce slower made it smoother. So maybe I'll ratchet down the milk mixture to one tablespoon per stir, rather than the usual two.
Kouryou-chan got a ton of drawing supplies, a new backpack, and a few other things. She's really into drawing right now, so that makes sense. She's eminently grateful for pratical things, which makes the cockles of my heart glow.
She taught her friends how to play Give Me The Brain.
Only two girls stayed for the sleepover. They were up until midnight, and after lights-out we heard giggling until 1:30. But they did eventually get to sleep.
In the morning, I made pancakes with chocolate chips. I really "cake" the recipe, adding extra egg and a touch baking soda and whipping the egg whites into a soft meringue to make them the fluffiest things on Earth.
She's a real handful, our twelve year old. She alternates between the child hungry for cuddles and love and attention, the snarky brooding teenager furious with the interruptions of responsibility, and the brilliant one ready to show off her work to the world. Most kids nowadays look forward to their 13th birthday, the COPA birthday, when they can get accounts on Facebook (if you're sociable) or Tumblr (if you're super-emo). Kouryou-chan is looking forward to getting a DeviantArt account. Good for her.
There were seven giggling girls. I stayed in the office and fine-tuned my new laptop for most of it, but it was my duty to load up the video player for the show they were going to watch, and to make my Flagship macaroni & cheese for dinner, which I did with some stress, as a double-sized batch took more planning than I'd anticipated. I made the six-cup Bechamel sauce with the same sized spoon I do for a three-cup, and oddly that seemed to work even better, as if making the sauce slower made it smoother. So maybe I'll ratchet down the milk mixture to one tablespoon per stir, rather than the usual two.
Kouryou-chan got a ton of drawing supplies, a new backpack, and a few other things. She's really into drawing right now, so that makes sense. She's eminently grateful for pratical things, which makes the cockles of my heart glow.
She taught her friends how to play Give Me The Brain.
Only two girls stayed for the sleepover. They were up until midnight, and after lights-out we heard giggling until 1:30. But they did eventually get to sleep.
In the morning, I made pancakes with chocolate chips. I really "cake" the recipe, adding extra egg and a touch baking soda and whipping the egg whites into a soft meringue to make them the fluffiest things on Earth.
She's a real handful, our twelve year old. She alternates between the child hungry for cuddles and love and attention, the snarky brooding teenager furious with the interruptions of responsibility, and the brilliant one ready to show off her work to the world. Most kids nowadays look forward to their 13th birthday, the COPA birthday, when they can get accounts on Facebook (if you're sociable) or Tumblr (if you're super-emo). Kouryou-chan is looking forward to getting a DeviantArt account. Good for her.
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