Happy Day After the 4th!
I’m sorry I didn’t post yesterday Jolie-Pitt fans. One weekend a month we have an 8 year old girl for respite, and things kind of go a bit haywire when that happens. Going from a 2 children home to a 3 children home is a bit crazy, so I can only imagine what it will be like for Angelina and Brad when the twins are born and they go from four children to six!
I hope all the Jolie-Pitt fans in the US had a happy Fourth of July and were able to experience some time with friends and family and some great fireworks! I found myself wondering yesterday if Brad and Angelina celebrate the 4th of July or not!
It looks to be a slow news weekend (watch me say that and then have Angelina give birth), but we do have a few tidbits!
The first is the screen that was being put up in a window in the birthing center Angelina is in. Its a huge opaque screen and I find myself wondering if it is there to help shelter Angelina, or if it is there to stop some of those other women from exposing themselves to the paparazzi and bringing more attention to the hospital!
Next is a great photo of the birthing center Angelina is in - I’ve seen some photos before, but this one is AWESOME. Its beautiful! Truly, if I were in France giving birth, I’d want to be somewhere as gorgeous as this center (why is it that the French do everything with flair?)
Also, it appears that the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, has claimed that the twins will have the option to claim French citizenship.
“That is for the citizens of Nice a very great honor and a great satisfaction. We are very happy for this choice of Mrs. Angelina Jolie and Mr. Brad Pitt and I want to say to them that I wish a lot of joy to them and the babies, and great success for all of their lives.” Mr. Estrosi said.
Apparently, the twins will have to have their primary residence in France for 5 years after they are 11 years old in order to get French citizenship. Regardless of whether or not they have French citizenship, Mr. Estrosi says that they are always welcome in Nice.
“All their lives they will be Nicois and all their life they will be able to come to Nice and we will receive them with great honor.”
(Nicois is the term for a citizen of Nice)
Now for the dilemma - I’m leaving next weekend to do a little camping with my family. We’re only going to be gone Saturday and Sunday, but chances are extremely high that I will not be able to check my email…and I’m extremely concerned that it will be the weekend Brad and Angelina welcome their twins!
So I’m thinking about doing something truly unique.
I’m thinking about allowing one of my faithful readers to take over the blog for that weekend. I will give them access to this blog from Friday, July 11th until late Sunday night, July 13th, and they will be able to post…well…whatever they’d like! They can put up photos, they can write about the family and how they love them, or they can have the honor of being the one to report on the birth of the latest additions (if Angelina has the babies by then, of course).
What do you think - would one of you be willing to help me out and post on the blog for a weekend?
July 6th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Hey Randi, I hope you and your family had a great 4th of July weekend. Here in the Philippines, July 4th is known as the Philippine-American friendship day, although it’s no longer celebrated with the same pomp and circumstance as it used to be.
Anyway, it seems Angie is settled into the hospital to await the twins. They sure are building up an international family, but to paraphrase Angie, they are citizens of the world. That’s a nice looking hospital, and I heard with a great seaside view too.
As for your guest blogger, have you decided on who to invite. I think it would be nice to read about other JP fans too.
July 9th, 2008 at 11:13 am
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