the conversations with michael

i will start off by saying that michael is one of the six year old boys that i am watching this summer. i have known him since he was born and he is, like most children, adorable. he says some of the cutest things ever and starting today i will be giving you some tidbits of conversations.

last week we were in the car going to the pool.

he says: you know what, i'm a genius.

i reply: why is that?

he says: because i know how to roll down your window.

let's just say that michael knows how to enjoy the little things in life, something that we all should learn.

today i was making dinner and i asked: michael what do you want for dinner?

he says: i don't know.

i respond: i don't know how to make 'i don't know'

he quickly says: you bake a cake!

we will be baking a cake this summer :)

i hope that you have enjoyed these conversations as much as i do.

the singer/songwriter

these are my favorite types of artists. the ones that put their feelings on the internet/radio/stage for an audience never knowing if anyone is listening or liking what they have to say but they take the risk and do it anyways. this singer/songwriter's name is Cady Groves she is an adorable twenty-year-old little lady with a bit of a country twang who i got to see at six flags today. we were all blown away by her personality and voice. so i hope that you will also give her a chance! she will be going back on tour after the bamboozle roadshow is over, so you can bet that i will be there, and i hope that YOU, whoever you are, will be there too!

this is part of her bio, it really shows who she is :)

I remember when I realized what I wanted to do in life. I was helping my mom clean out our swimming pool when an old Frank Sinatra song came on the radio. I remember saying, "Mom, I want to write things down that I have to say, and I want to sing them real loud so everyone can hear me." I was seven at the time. Ever since that moment, making music has continued to be my goal.

Writing has always been a constant escape for me. A lot of horrible things have happened in my life, and without the ability to write my feelings down and communicate them with a melody; they essentially would have blown up inside of me, for all I know.

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Sometimes an entire song and melody will pop into my head at a gas station, or some place unexpected. I’ll press the record button on my phone and sing the whole thing right there so I won't forget it. It's such a privilege and much fun for me to write songs, and then have them actually be accepted by people. If I have one thing to say--I just want people to know they are not alone. I've made a lot of mistakes, and have experienced a lot of hurt. But the one thing I feel like you can do with pain, is make it your art. If you can turn it into something you can sing along to, the healing will come through that. To imagine one of my songs could change or help someone, or make them feel like someone understands them, makes this all just that much more amazing. It's not about me being a role model, and never will be. I'm part of the crowd. I just want to speak for the whole. We're in this together [http://workinggroupmgmt.com/artist.php?artist_id=13]

her cd, the life of a pirate, is on itunes. or you can check her out on myspace.

and here is the video for her song "One in the Same"

One In The Same

Cady Groves (BamboozleRoadshow Suckers!) | MySpace Music Videos

the things i got to enjoy today:

1. a long dinner with old friends

2. a horribly predictable romantic comedy

3. a horribly predictable romantic comedy with a boy with a british accent

4. that mood where i actually want to clean my room

5. the one curl that i have that only forms when it wants to

6. the smell of my mom baking

7. belting out Demi Lovato in the car with Kirsten

8. riding in the car with my brother (i love not driving)

9. falling asleep to rain (this was technically last night...)

the repeat button

It can really get me in trouble; if i listen to a song too many times i will never listen to it again, at least i won't be able to love it like i did. but it is also a sign that it is one of my new favorites. so i'm risking the repeat button as i type this out... wakey! wakey! may be my new favorite band. you can watch the video below.

Wakey!Wakey! - Light Outside from VsTheBrain on Vimeo.

I know you want to stay in bed
But it's light outside
It's light outside

So know I am going to stay right here
Because you saved my life once
You saved my life

And I would try to get you out because it's beautiful outside
And we will fall
We will try
And do our best and I love you otherwise
Because you saved my life once
Because you saved my life once

I know you want to rest your head
and just forget the night
forget the night
So you know I am going to stay right here
And sit by your side
By your side

And I would try to get you out because it's beautiful outside
And we will fall
We will try
And do our best and I love you all the while
Because you saved my life once
Because you saved my life once

I think you always knew would be
I think you always knew would be
The greatest
I think you always knew would be
I think you always knew would be
The greatest

Because you saved my life once
Because you saved my life once

i hope you love it too.

the children

i love them :) the things they say are adorable and astounding and out of nowhere. these little people that see the world through different eyes, not because they are closer to the ground, but because they are optimistic... Michael told me yesterday that he was a genius because he figured out how to roll down the window in my car. he was so excited about it too!

on a completely different note, it is 5 o'clock and i just said goodnight to my bestest friend who is halfway across the world. it's weird only talking to her though the wonderful/horrible invention of facebook. i miss her terribly but i am so excited for the day i get to re-hear everything that happened half-way across the world in real life, because if you know elizabeth, you know that hearing it will be one million times better than reading it :)

i'm so excited for my summer to actually start and to have something that i have to do every day. to have responsibility and a routine cause this waking up whenever and not doing really anything was fun for the first couple days, but now i am bored of it... yesterday and the day before were just little teasers about the weeks to come. it's going to be hard keeping track of three kids running around but i'm so excited to see what more they have to say and do!

to end this blog i'm gonna post some songs i'm listening to right now, all from tv shows!

moon river-audrey hepburn (on sex and the city [it wasn't this version i know])

dance so good-wakey! wakey! (on one tree hill)

bad romance-glee cast (on glee!)

enjoy my friends!

the book versus the movie...

i don't know why i ever look forward to a book turned into a movie. it's never as good as i want it to be. take the lovely bones (which i watched tonight), watching the end of the movie is just not as satisfying as reading the end. i think the anticipation is better in a book... and usually my favorite parts are taken out. the ability to develop characters is something that movies aren't ever really able to accomplish. i understand that most people [even i] wouldn't want to watch a movie for three hours for the sake of character development, but it's so nice to have!

or take a book like twilight where the characters that i dreamt up in my head are not the ones that the actors portray... (or that they try to portray.) in some cases, the movie becomes a huge hit and everyone and their mom (in this case literally) becomes a fan and goes crazy over it... [like when i went to see new moon and people were literally squealing every time jacob was on screen.] but even though i know that the book is better, i always get excited when i see that some book i've read is being turned into a movie.

obviously my day was really exciting if the only thing that i could come up with to write about was a movie... but if you're reading this i will just go ahead and let you know that this is about as exciting as it gets in the summertime in lawrenceville. but stay tuned, maybe you [and i] will be surprised!

[photo credit: listal.com]

the beginning...

this picture and post are so bittersweet. it's the end of one of the best school years [ever] and the beginning of summer.

this past year i met this lovely lady <- Rebecca Rector. awesome. great. fun. fabulous. and all of those words that describe her also describe the year that i've had. so as it came to a close i was (much) less than excited for this summer of babysitting than i had anticipated i would be. with 7am wake up times and diaper changes ahead of me i am tending to look at the negatives that i see in the very near future.

but what i sometimes (slash often) neglect to consider are the things that i have not planned for...not the routines that i have set up for myself, but the things that will happen as i voyage out to explore the world of watching children. the smiles and laughs and awkward moments that i know and love with my friends i will undoubtedly also see with my babies this summer. so i hope that you will join me on my adventure into a world that is very familiar to my own, yet i know [almost] nothing about...