Music in the car

So, while driving home with Rosie, we of course have the radio on.  Without thinking too much of the music, Amy suddenly reaches up and frantically mashes the station buttons.  A song by Buck Cherry with rather strong sexual content and very poor censoring was on.

Thankfully Rosie had her headphones on and was engrossed in her DS game.  Amy says it is WLTE for us!

Oh the things we have to watch for now.

Oh Child...

Tonight we ate at Pine City KFC for a change. Rosie ordered a meal and I said "with milk, right?"

"Chocolate milk," she said.

The cashier looked at me and said, "That will be an upcharge." I think he thought I was being a bossy mom. In reality Rosie doesn't like pop and I would like to encourage her drinking something like milk.

"What's an upcharge?" Rosie asked, brow furrowed.

"It means it costs a little more, but it's worth it." I answered.

"I am worth it" Rosie proudly said to the cashier. "They are adopting me." She added with even more pride as she linked her arms with ours.

There we stood, the Schultes linked arm-in-arm at KFC: all so happy to be there.

I was a little amused and somewhat saddened by a child who was so appreciative of such a small investment in her.

Mixed Cds

I'm not going to try to be a cool mom. I've never been cool, ever. It's never bothered me. That said, I am excited to have someone around to share music with even if my tastes aren't cool. So this weekend, when we don't get to see Rosie I'm putting together a mixed CD to mail her.

She likes country, hip-hop, and R&B. I wanted to make some of it music from my childhood that fits into those classifications. I also wanted a good number of strong female singers in it and some racial diversity without being cliche or cheesy. I also wanted it to include some music she might not have heard. I wanted to her figure out from this that I'm a dorky mom.

So here's what I decided to include. Let me know what you think. Did I do good? One thing is apparent, knowledge of pop culture has really decreased in the past 12-plus years.
 
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
Grenade - Bruno Mars
Jump - The Pointer Sisters
Free Your Mind - En Vogue (I debated on this one...but decided it was OK)
One Moment in Time - Whitney Houston
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
Fallin' - Alicia Keys
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson (Cause we're always driving with her it seems)
We're Going to be Friends - White Stripes
Black Cat - Janet Jackson
Dreaming of You - Selena
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight - Amos Lee
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys


I toyed with throwing a Justin Bieber song on there but decided against it thinking that implied I was trying too hard.

Fun with Paint!

With today off of work, I set myself to painting Rosie's bedroom today. As Amy probably alluded to in a previous post, Rosie chose pink. The selection was of course not terribly surprising; she is after all a 10 year old girl. I seriously considered invoking the fatherly veto power (I get that, right? or is that one of those urban myths?) to get her into a more dad-appealing green, blue, or even the wonderful (and labor-free) yellow the room was already painted.

While the room needs another coat of paint to even it out, I've attached "before" and "intermediate after" photos.

BeforeIntermediate After
(please ignore the whiteness in the middle from excessive flash reflection)

One last post...dates have shifted but for a great reason

Last week we learned Rosie has been making phenomenal progress in therapy. So much so, Mike and I decided it would be unwise to pull her away so quickly. Sure, we will let her continue seeing her therapist there once she moves here, but we didn't plan on going up twice a week, which is what she would need right now. Instead, we'll slow down the move-in date as we've been told that therapy progress ebbs and flows. Once she has everything off of her mind, she'll move down to her pink room.