Is This Country Girl A Closet Rocker???

For those of you who know me well you know I LOVE my country music. I love the stories that are told in country songs. I like the sincerity you hear in their voices. So what is a country girl doing at a Daughtry/Bon Jovi concert you ask?

Well if you REALLY know me you will know I have not always been a country girl. You also know I grew up in the 80s. You also KNOW how much I LOVE American Idol! You also know that I was and still am a huge Chris Daughtry fan! Oh yeah and you would know that I LOVE Bon Jovi. BTW Bon Jovi released a song You Can't Go Home with country artist Jennifer Nettles about a year ago. It was a big hit on the country charts as well as the rock charts.

So anyway Dave and I got the tickets before Christmas and have been waiting for this day ever since. Let me tell you we were NOT disappointed! The concert was incredible! Daughtry performed for 45 minutes and will be headlining his own concerts before you know it (in my opinion). I was disappointed though because someone told me that Daughtry sings a Bon Jovi song and he comes out and sings it with him. That did not happen.

Bon Jovi gets on stage and let me tell you...the man still has it!!! He is a born entertainer if I have ever seen one! He sang non-stop for 2.5 hours. It was awesome!!! As we were walking to the parking lot I heard a woman talking to her daughter describing him as a little boy who got his wish granted to be a rock star. He was so much fun to watch and you could see he really was enjoying what he was doing. I will say it was the BEST concert I have ever been to.

Oh yeah let me tell you my favorite moment of the entire show. The band starts the music for Blaze Of Glory and out walks Chris Daughtry. They sang the song together and I am telling you they NEED to record that song together! It was out of this world! I have included the YouTube video I found from the concert. The beginning of the video is the end of Bed Of Roses but then the song starts.

Maybe this country girl has many other music interests after all....

Bailey Gets An Award

At the boys' school they practice Character Counts. Each month a grade presents a new pillar and the children are encouraged to practice/live out that pillar. The following month the teachers present awards to the children who display that trait. The pillar for February was trustworthiness.

We got a note from Bailey's teacher telling us that she had chosen him to receive the award from their class. One other classmate received it as well. We were invited to attend the assembly so we could see our little boy be presented his award.

Unfortunately the 1st grade teachers were at a meeting so they had subs passing them out. Fortunately the PE teacher was Bailey's sub. My family adores Mrs. G! When she called Bailey's name his whole body lit up. I think he floated to the front of the gym. The principal said Bailey should have gotten the award for the most excited 1st grader to receive the award. It was really cute.

Bailey~congrats on getting such an important award. We love knowing that your teachers know they can trust you. We love you so much Beetle!

PS Will post pictures tomorrow. I thought I had them downloaded already!

Matthew Has Entered A New Club

The day we first noticed his loose tooth

Look at that toothless grin!

At long last Matthew has entered the club that he has longed to be in for well over a year. He has finally lost his first tooth! He noticed his tooth was loose a few weeks ago but it was just barely loose. Yesterday I was able to pull it a little bit until he felt the blood. It was just dangling tonight so one quick pull and it was out. He excitedly looked in the mirror and then proudly put his tooth in its pouch and will anxiously await the visit of the Tooth Fairy. His brother has already told him how special it is when you lose your first tooth and the Tooth Fairy will pay you $5.00 for your first tooth.

He can't wait to get to school tomorrow to show his toothless grin to his teacher and friends. Way to go Matthew!

Have To Share

First I'm sure you're probably thinking two posts in one week??? Has Lisa finally decided to come back to bloggyville and post more often? Don't give me too much credit just yet. Lets see if I can just become more consistant again....

Anyway on to the purpose of this post:

I didn't go to work today because Matthew was sick. He was soooo disappointed because today was the 100th day of school and they got to share a special snack that everyone contributed 100 pieces of something to. He was WAY too sick to go though. He has a very nasty gastro bug. I haven't seen my baby this sick since he ended up getting his apendix out when he was 3!

Finally this afternoon/evening he is starting to feel a little better. He hasn't vomited since 2 o'clock this afternoon. I have finally gave in and he has had a few ounces of gaterade. He still can't have the oranges he is begging for. I also got him to eat a few graham crackers.

• He is asleep on the couch and sits straight up and I thought he whimpered that he had to vomit again. So I ask him what he said. He says "Tomato soup, tomatoes and apples." and lays back down and falls back to sleep. I was hysterical. My poor baby must be dreaming of food. Hoping he feels better tomorrow....