<p>We lucked out-- our high school are the Blue Devils! Same exact blue and almost the same devil. My son can wear his high school t-shirts and you would have to look really closely to realize that is’t not in NC!! So half of our graduation party is definitely decided. </p>
<p>I have a question for all you mom’s of multiples–since I technically don’t qualify. Are you printing separate graduation announcements for each child? I was planning on designing an announcement with 3 photos-- one of them together and one each of an individual photo. They had all of their senior pictures taken together, so it’s easy. It would have the invite to the open house graduation party, and yes, I was planning on saying where they will attend next year. My sister who has twins thought that was absolutely awful and that I wasn’t giving each child his due recognition. What do you think? Is that bad? Then I thought of doing an individual one for each kid and printing them front to back-- but then if someone wants to display them or put them in an album you can’t see both boys. Please tell me what to do. And for you non multiple parents out there, how would you feel if you received a graduation invitation that had two brothers on it-- who you know are not the same age and you are surprised to see the little brother is also graduating???</p>
<p>Kelowna-- Congratulations!!! But how does the Robertson Scholarship compare to all of his other great offers? How on earth will he decide? We know that your DS is obviously bright beyond words, but can you tell us if he had a special hook? We are all wondering how he will decide. “What will Kelowna’s son do!!!” Duke has been very generous and welcoming to many kids on our list!</p>
<p>Greek - I am currently reading about the Robertson and it looks PHENOMENAL !
This is four years and three summers completely paid for, including international trips/projects/internships. Backpacking and leadership forums during the year. Special Robertson grants that they can write for to finance individual projects of their interest…
the list goes on and on.
Duke has about 10 scholars per year form USA and 8 from overseas. In total less than 80 at the college - but there is a Robertson Scholars office at Duke staffed with 4 employees !
Apparently 35,000 apply for a total of 32 spots.</p>
<p>pounce- just saw your apple dippers. Sounds delicious. But I always worry about apples browning when they are setting out, even if I use lemon juice. But I can get apples really cheap at the market right now, so maybe I’ll do that.</p>
<p>Husband eat the heath bar??? Hah! I’ll eat it. I have a fantastic coffee cake recipe made with heath bars, and I would make it more often if it didn’t make a whole 9 x 12 pan. Because you know who will eat it!</p>
<p>Kelowna: happy dance for you! Well, awkward wiggle…not much of a dancer😄
Greek: my first inclination was to do one announcement then thought I should present it to the kids…asked each separately how they would want their announcement to look and they each gave me some rendition of "you mean our announcement? Why do three? " So we will do one…kind of thinking the open house invite might have them each in a college t shirt. Now THAT I haven’t run past them…we haven’t done senior pictures yet… Prob do picture of each and combo too. On my list to figure out with them…if I could just get them home at the same time when they aren’t sleeping
I have the opposite with one of my family members…gives me grief for doing three birthday cakes every year…</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of your kids with scholarships!! How I envy you.
Kelowna, you are allowed to shout across the valleys on this forum.</p>
<p>Confetti, you just gave me flashbacks to a bowling party with a dozen six year old boys and a Powerpuff party with homemade games with eight Kindergartener girls. Has anyone ever hosted a party of five year olds in which at least one girl didn’t end up in tears?</p>
<p>Greek: I am not printing any grad announcements for the twins. My family are all too far to attend, and I’d rather save the money to buy college rings that are not made out of stainless steel (although with the price of gold maybe the brass rat will need to be pure brass…). I am just emailing relatives that they are graduating. I did do their official Senior pictures separately and, on the same day, took some nice pictures of them together and separately with my camera while they were all dressed up to make copies for relatives.</p>
<p>Anyone needing to buy mascot plushes of boll weevils, a superfrog, fighting okra or pickles, or banana slugs?</p>
<p>3Triplet-- I love the idea of putting them in their school shirts. I think I’ll do that and put it on the back of the announcement! That way I don’t even have to print where they will go-- it will be obvious.</p>
<p>megpmom- here’s what my son did today to ask his gf to prom. I didn’t know anything about it until I saw the photo on facebook! Very cute-- he came home with something that looks like a whole body tattoo. In black pen he had the girlfriend’s bff write up one arm “Will YOU go to” on his chest it said PROM in huge letters and then down the other arm it said “with me” Then there was a huge “?” under Prom. I guess at lunch she hugged him and was trying to figure out what was written all over his body and he took off his shirt! Big hit! Got lots of “likes” on facebook.</p>
<p>pouncecat - thank you for the song, would you like to dance? You’re right, of course. Either way will work out well. I just want to “fix” it.</p>
<p>Re: finger food - lunch meat wrapped around cream cheese and held with a toothpick. Boiled ham (with or without a green olive on top), roast beef (best with asparagus - perhaps for the grown-ups table), even turkey and mustard.</p>
<p>I am totally gonna try to pepperoni/cheese/Bisquick!!</p>
<p>Kelowna - WOW! That’s AWESOME!</p>
<p>GreekMana - ask them (separately) if they care. If they don’t, do them together - that sounds very cool. If they want separate invites, then I’d do two in the same envelope. As far as getting such an invite, I’d yell “S13 - isn’t {littlebrother} a junior? No? But he played baseball on a different team… oh. In 6th grade? Good for him.” And that would be how it would happen in our house.</p>
<p>I will echo the congrats to Kelowna. The only bad thing about the Robertson is that required semester in Chapel Hill. And getting to know Mr. Robertson is a real benefit.</p>
<p>Another rounds of drinks for everyone, please? </p>
<p>The funniest think, IMO, is how the kids react to it/handle it.
I was standing right by DS when he got THAT call today.
He started jumping up and down, while on the phone, at the same time cruising between the door and the mailbox (quite a distance, I might add). He told the guy who was calling in with the news that this is absolutely the best news he has ever gotten. He was visibly happy and shaken. So was I, when he told me what the call was all about. BUT I was still shaken two hours later, while he picked his things and drove to nearby city to teach his friend how to DJ telling me “mom, relax” :)</p>
<p>I’ve spent the past hour reading the website for ds’s no. 1 – all about meal plans and move-in. I’m getting excited and want to hurry up and make this happen!</p>
<p>Kelowna- Don’t relax, live it up!!! Enjoy! It’s a BIG deal!!! I’ve been enjoying the round of drinks in your honor tonight!!! My son said to me, “mom, stop crying!” We found out six days ago, and I’m still crying whenever I think about it!!!</p>
<p>Kelowna – Yay!!! I’m elated to hear about the Robertson scholar for your S!!! great news!! </p>
<p>Pounce - unboyfriend is a guy that Was her friend, then her boyfriend, then friend, then boyfriend, and now just friend. Really. LOL! They’re really good friends.</p>
And getting to know Mr. Robertson is a real benefit.</p>