Stumping the DJ and Parental Pride

It's actually kind of funny and sweet to us kids how parents are so proud of you when you complete something--or do something like stump the DJ. That DJ--I bet all the callers stumped him. Nice guy, him, and I even sometimes wondered if he googled it to find out the right answer so that he could guess wrong, and so that the kid calling could "stump" him. Despite this suspicion, I still feel proud to have done it, and like I said at the beginning of this post, it's kind of sweet when your parents are beaming because they heard their daughter was on the radio, and they're just so proud, and then you have the grandparents. I do not say any of this to brag, but to think about how sweet my parents are, and how they care about me-- they care enough to congratulate me on something as little as calling into a radio station. I'm glad I have my parents! Last night, the two little girls and I, and of course Dad (who didn't want us out all by ourselves) camped out in the backyard. It was fun! We had this candle thingy that kept away mosquitoes. Most of them, anyway--all but the one that got me on my finger. We didn't have a fire, because by the time we had gotten everything out there (Colette's own little tent set up, sleeping bags, cards, everyone's pillow, etc.), it was dark, and it's kind of hard to light a fire in the dark. Just in my opinion, anyway. And we were tired! Just ready to go to sleep. As I walked out of my own room to go outside, I looked longingly at my own bed. Well, the sleeping bag was sort of uncomfortable, and I wasn't sure where to keep my glasses, or my watch. But it somehow worked out, and Dad and I got a couple pictures. We played a game or two of cards, then realized that as it was around 10:00, it was way past bed time, and we hit the hay. Or our sleeping bags. Whichever. Dad blew out the mosquito candle thingy, and without its rather wimpy light, I took a good look at the stars through my glasses, and I felt a little bit more at peace after taking a look at them; there's something about stars that either make you gape in awe, or make you smile in wonder. I wish I'd gotten a couple pictures, but I was already half-asleep.