Kelsie and The Biebs

Kelsie’s class has been learning about Biography’s and how to research and write one.  Each child could pick ANY famous person they wanted to research.  Kelsie quickly picked Justin Bieber.  Really??  Aren’t we over him??  Along with a 5 paragraph report and timeline, she had to create a “poster person” of her famous person and use 5 different materials to create him.  A life-size Biebs?  Fun.  It took Kelsie Dave all day Sunday to create this little bugger.  This is what the finished product looked like…

He had a large butt and very small feet.  You know what they say about that!  Kidding.  The 5 pockets on his “shirt” are filled with a fun fact about the Biebs.  It turned out cute and Kelsie was happy with it.  Hope Dave gets an “A” on it!

I’m off to start my life size George Clooney poster!

How many journals does one 8 year old need?

Kelsie loves to write and doodle. Her teacher’s have told us that she is becoming a great writer (she must take after her Daddy and Grandmother, who is a published author). She has even written a play! While cleaning Kelsie’s room, I made another discovery…

18 JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS! Each one has something written in them… the thoughts and deep secrets of my 8-year old girl.

Cleaning Kelsie’s room doesn’t suck after all…

It's a constant battle with Kelsie to keep her room clean. I've put cute storage in her room, thinking she'll be more organized. No such luck. Maybe a new desk would help to clear the clutter? Nope. I was at my wits end and decided to clean it throw most of the junk out. The longer I was in there, the madder I became. She's 8 years old and should be doing this herself. That's when I came across this...

Makes being a maid, cook, driver, teacher MOM so much better.

Wordless Wednesday

Kelsie... Christmas is OVER!

On any given night, around 7:00 pm, you will hear this BLASTING from Kelsie's bathroom...

(Justin Bieber - Under the Mistletoe CD)

She only plays three songs, over and over and over again. One of the songs is JB (ugh) and Mariah Carey (double ugh) and just about drives me nuts every time I hear it. I'm off to hide this CD until December. Sorry Biebs... this mama can't take it anymore!!!

My Piano Girl

Kelsie started playing the piano when she was in the 1st grade. I think playing comes naturally to her (and it's in her genes - her Great-Grandmother, Grandmother, Mother and Aunt have played). Three years later, she doesn't enjoy playing, but she's so good at it and receives so many compliments. I think this is what keeps her going. A trophy or two doesn't hurt either. She just received her 3,000 point trophy on Tuesday. She gets points for practicing, earning an "excellent" rating in class and participating in recitals. Her teacher even gave her points for having a solo singing performance in her Christmas recital. She is currently practicing for a piano festival at the local college where she'll have to memorize two songs and play them by herself in front of a judge. This will be her third festival. She earned a 99 out of 100 her first year and a 98 out of 100 her second year. I have no doubt she'll succeed this year!