Top 10 Petersen Happenings of 2012!

Top 10 Petersen Happenings of 2012!

1.  Moving into our first house, after years of renting.  We had tons of fun, making it our own.  Painting walls, getting furniture your parents aren't afraid to sit on, and being able to keep more than 2 suitcases worth of clothes in a normal sized closet.  Ahhhhhh, domesticity.

2.  Getting our first Disney Annual Passes as a family.  Need I say more?

3.  Soph begins to sing full songs from memory.  The first night she sang her lullabies with us to sleep, we had an "I can't believe this is happening" moment.

4.  Sophie's first day of preschool. Tears.  She's going 3 half days, which is postponed to 2013 (explained as you read on), but she thrived the few weeks she was able to go.

5.  Potty Training Sophie.  She nailed it!  Let's be honest though, not until the experience yielded a good cry from Mommy, Daddy, and Soph.  It is after you reach the cliff hanger and consider that peeing in your pants the rest of your life might not be THAT bad, that all of the sudden it clicks and we can all pick ourselves up and pull it together.

6.  Mom Morabito babysits overnight, so we are able to go away to a resort outside Santa Barbara.  A generous gift from dear friends that we finally got to use.  We really enjoyed and needed that overnight vacay at that moment this year.

7.  Lisa signs with an LA agent and gets back in the game with a regional commercial for Robbins Bros. Engagement Rings.

8.  Eric works on Disney Channel's number one kid's show "Jessie" and subsequently gets cast as a recurring character called Catawampus on Disney XD's "Pair of Kings."

9.  Eric books the broadway show "Peter and The Starcatcher."  We transport the fam to New York for a magical Fall into Winter.  Renting out our house to 4 recent college grads, we crossed fingers and prayed that they'd take care of the place.   We packed the garage with our personal items, emptied the closets and drawers we just finished organizing, cleaned out the kitchen and bathrooms, and de-babyfied Sophie's room.

10.  Survived living in the tiniest one bedroom on the Upper West Side, with a toddler.  The hotel rooms on tour were often bigger than the apt. we are renting now.  We took great pride in really New Yorking it up though.  Frequent visits to The Museum of Natural History, The Children's Museum of Manhattan, Central Park, Riverside Park, and many other New York City landmarks were both fun and educational for us, as well as Soph.  You can't help but bond as a family when you have to work as a team just to get in the door of your apt.  Okay, open the door, everyone go to the bedroom so we can shut the door, and now you can come back into the living room.  It's a dance.  Please know we view this as an adventure, not a problem.  aka. 1st World Problems.

Bonus Happening:  Eric shoots the pilot of a new TV show for TVLand called "Giant Baby" in which he plays the Giant Baby of Kirstie Alley.  In this super funny show, Eric is alongside comedic legends Michael Richards (Kramer), Rhea Pearlman (Carla on Cheers) and the aforementioned Kirstie Alley.  Let me just say, Eric is totally ready for this moment.  Can't wait for everyone to get to share in the excitement when, contingent on the network pick-up, it will air in the Fall of 2013 on TVLand.  This show will bring us back to our home in LA!

Looking forward to an adventurous 2013!


Tell us your favorite family happenings of 2012!!!!!!!    We want to know!