Kelsey's song

Kelsey wrote her own little song the other day. I am so proud of her. She loves the piano and learning new music. She and Sara both are so good about practicing without me telling them to do so. We got a free piano out of the newspaper when Kelsey was a only about 4 years old. We thought that it would be nice to have a piano around and maybe if we were lucky one of the kids would want to play it. Well Kelsey was always playing on it. Alot of the times the kids that would come over would bang on the keys and make terrible sounds but not Kelsey. She always played such cute litle tunes even if they weren't really songs. Today that decision has payed off. We now have two girls who just love everything about playing a piano and a newer piano. Here's a little video of Kelsey playing the song she wrote.

PaD Jan 28

This picture was only taken a few hours later but it was after midnight so that counts as the next day. I looked out the door to see if I could see the cats and to check on how much snow we had gotten so far. The light on the old basketball net we have on the deck caught my eye and I thought about going out to get a picture but the warmth of the house won me over. No going outside after midnight in a snow storm for me. I'm not that dedicated to this picture a day thing. Instead I got out my point and shoot camera and put it against the glass and held it as still as I could and took the picture. Being that it was pretty dark out there of course the shutter was slow. I tried with about 7 pictures and this is the clearest one that I got. I liked the way it turned out. Something a little different for me but that's ok. Definitely a snap shot, but that's ok too. If I'm gonna try to keep up with this picture a day project I can't expect perfection (not that any of my pictures are perfect). Here's one of the only seven pictures I took yesterday.

PaD Jan 27

Got a call today from my friend Deb today asking if Sara wanted to earn some money by cleaning her house after school. I told her I'd call her when she got home and let her know. I figured Sara would want the extra money since in the last two weeks she has spent almost all her money on clothes. Well, she got home from school and I told her about it. She had other plans. She wanted me to pick Brooke up and take them to the basketball game. Ok, but what about making some money? She's never turned down money before. I wonder if she has a boyfriend, lol. I'll have to keep a closer eye on her. Ha - I know you're reading this Sara. I love you sweetie. You're a good girl and I weally do wuv you.
By the time I picked up Brooke and took the girls over to the school for the basketball game, the snow had really picked up. I was only gone for a half hour and by the time I got back home my driveway was completely covered in the stuff. I had to stop and take a picture of course. I thought it looked pretty cool.

PaD Jan 26

I am sad to say that I only took one photo today and it has absolutely nothing to do with me. I went to the grocery store today while at work to get something quick for lunch and I noticed this jeep sitting in the same row as me. It was a nice looking vehicle - nothing spectacular or anything. I was skimming the stickers on the side when I noticed something that was a little funny. I quick took out my point and shoot to remember the sticker so I could show my friend at work. I had forgot about the Jeep while I was sitting there eating my lunch until a girl came out and got in it and drove away. On the back was a sticker that said "Redneck and proud of it." That explained it all. Well, I'll just let you be the judge. Here's the jeep and then a close up of the sticker that I would be too embarrased to put on my side, ha, ha.

PaD Jan 25

It has been so long since I've seen my Mom and Dad. I didn't see them since about a month or two before Christmas. My sister had her baby in Indiana on December 11 and my mom was out there for a week or more before that. She got home right before Christmas and I wanted her to come to my place for the day on Christmas but she was just so tired from being gone that whole time and she didn't have her place decorated yet so she really just wanted to stay home. I understood completely. Since Christmas was on Thursday, we had it planned that her and Dad would come up the following Sunday but Mom got sick. The next Sunday I had plans already planned. Ok, then it was a go for the next weekend. Well, it snowed and they would have to travel over the mountain to get here and Mom's not comfortable with that. I don't blame her. I don't like driving in snow either. The next Sunday Mikey was sick with Tonsilitis. Well, it was a long wait but on the 25th of January I finally got to see my parents. I missed them alot. With all of our schedules and the weather it's hard to make things happen sometimes. Dad has to work on Saturday but has off on Thursdays. The girls have piano lessons on Thursdays. So the only day we could do it was on a Sunday and it just didn't work until now. I hope it doesn't take that long to see them the next time. Nah - Spring is coming and there will be no more snow or colds to deal with. Hurray for that!!!!
Here's a snapshot of the kids with their Mamaw and Papaw. I wanted to get a nice shot of Mom and Dad together but by the time I remembered the light was gone and it was dark out. Oh well, here's what I got:

PaD Jan 24

Had a weird conversation with Kelsey today. I was sitting at my desk in the office and she was in the kitchen eating her breakfast. She had been sitting out there for a good ten minutes. She should have been done with it by now. All she had was toast, scrambled eggs, a little sausage and some bacon. Here's what I heard coming from the other room.
"Eyes"

"Nose"

"Mouth"

"Eyebrows"

"Mom..."

"Mom!!!"

Me: "Hmmmm?"

"Mom, I ate his eyes. Then the back of his head!"

Me: "Oh no! What about his brain? (I knew she had been playing with her food)

"They were good."

This kid is such a silly girl. She is almost ten years old and still plays with her food. I don't like that she plays with her food. I do love that she still has so much little girl left in her though. She is my youngest and I don't want her growing up faster than she needs to. I hope she's still playing with her food when she's twelve. Not really but I just hope she still has the little girl in her. Kids today just grow up way too fast and I'm not comfortable with that. I've already seen that in my boys.

PaD Jan 23

Kelsey was home sick today (last Friday). She was so sick in the morning but was almost all the way better by lunch time. She must have eaten something that didn't agree with her. I was worried at first that maybe she had gotten sick from peanut butter. You never know what is safe to eat anymore with all the recalls going on. I was gonna take her in to school since she was feeling better and then go to work but then my in-laws called to let me know the beef that we ordered was ready and they were bringing it over. So she got to stay home the rest of the day and I never did make it to work. We got a 1/3 of a cow and let me tell you it's a lot of meat. I will surely have enough for a year. It filled the chest freezer. It must have been a huge cow.