Prima Princessa's TutuZone

Computer too close for comfort

We just returned from a wonderful family vacation in Cape May, NJ. If you have not been there it is an adorable town filled with historic Victorian architecture located right on the ocean. My husband brought a teeny computer along for us all to check our e-mail. Such a convenience to have such a little computer with us. The thing was it was just a bit too convenient. There I'd be relaxing in our room until I realised I could just quickly check my e-mail. As we all know it's nearly impossible to just quickly check one's e-mail. Computers belong on desks. They should not be so small that we find ourselves snuggling up with them in bed!

Mary Kate

Locations, locations

Busy calling around to local schools, colleges and churches trying to find an appropriate, affordable place for our anticipated film shoot. Set to view three locations next week. Who thought it would be so hard to find the perfect location for a cool new show with an animated ballerina

named Prima Princessa who magically appears to a group of little girls and takes them to see Swan Lake performed by a world famous ballet company?

Mary Kate

Swan Lake lover

Working from home or trying to work from home.

Summer's here and the kids are out of school which is presenting some very interesting challenges for me as I attempt to work from home. My kids, ages 5 and 8, are used to "always available mom" now find themselves with a babysitter downstairs and "un-available mom" upstairs working. Even though they are supposed to stay out of the office while I'm working, they keep wandering in complaining about the mean babysitter who won't let them watch TV or have a third brownie. This is all fine, except when one is on the phone trying to sound professional.

Ground rules have now been set. No coming upstairs interrupting mom while the sitter is here unless it is a real emergency or risk precious TV viewing time. Since we finally broke down and got Cable TV this month, TV has become much more interesting for them. Things are starting to improve.

I've also gotten a bit more crafty. I now make sure to have a few interesting projects for the kids to do with the baby-sitter so they'll be so busy, interupting Mom won't seem so appealing. Baking cookies is always on the agenda, water balloons never seem to go out of style and of course I've now got a stash of interesting craft projects hidden away in the closet. When the weather is nice, sending them all off for a walk to the park with money in hand for snacks at the local convenience store never fails.

Mary Kate

Welcome to our blog Debut!

"Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake" is our first attempt at making a movie, and this blog is a way for us to share our journey. Our movie "Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake" is intended for the children's home DVD/video market. It's a really fun mix of professional ballet, an adorable animated princess ballerina and little girls dancing. We are both mothers of young children who were our original inspiration.

We've been working on this project for over a year now and the amount of things we've learned is amazing. It's been an tremendous amount of work, but an exhilerating and fascinating process. We look forward to blogging about interesting past experiences as well as the current day to day.

Mary Kate and Stephanie

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