Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, What are They Feeding You...

Lucille and Grandma Deb

K~not exactly the Smelly Cat Song at Central Perk, but sitting in our local coffee shop listening to my mom sing and play guitar does remind me of Phoebe from Friends.

My mom has been doing The Sunday Jam for years and is now in spot light at our local coffee shop, The Coffee Bean. I love going to the Sunday Jam but it makes for long Mondays, so the little ladies and I have been hanging out at the coffee shop lately. The girls love it! We sit at the special "reserved" table, and the owner of the shop always has juice boxes and hot from the oven cookies ready for the girls. Piper and Lucy bring coloring books & markers from home and sit just right so they watch grandma and color at the same time.

Last weekend at the coffee shop, Piper said to me"your mom is a really good singer and her voice is so pretty, how did she learn how to sing like that?" while giving me the look like what the hell happened to you and why didn't you get any of that talent?

Hey - I've got talent! I can tie a cherry stem into a knot without using my hands - so there!

Kindergarten Round-Up

Last night was Kindergarten Round-Up at Sweeney Elementary!
We met the principal, Mr. Orlowsky, and the kindergarten teachers. We visited the kindergarten classrooms and also had a tour of the entire school, rode on the school bus and had cookies and milk in the cafeteria! Piper kept saying "Orrrlowwwwskeeeee" over and over again. During the tour, Mr. Orrrlowwwwskeeeee asked Piper and Lucy if they had any special talents. Lucy held her hand up and snapped her finger. Mr. O said "Oooh" and asked Piper if she could do that. She also held up her hand and snapped her finger. Mr. O asked how they learned how to do that. Lucy said "our mommy and daddy teached us, but they can snap A LOT louder"! Mr. Orrrlowwwwskeeeee smiled!!
If you like, check out Piper's new school at http://www.rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school429