I've got it in writing, on an evaluation form, no less.  I officially "rock" according to my kindergarten daughter!

This irreplaceable, suitable-for-framing document came about in this way:

I ring handbells with a semi-pro auditioned community group.  It takes a great deal of time and commitment, but every semester we pull together a concert program of varied, challenging repertoire.  We've just finished with this spring's concerts, and my husband and daughter attended as they always do.

Mommy undergoes quite the transformation on performance night.  These are among the few occasions that I actually pull out the makeup and the curling iron.  Then there's the tux shirt & bow tie, the sequined vest, the white gloves -- and the onstage actress/musician persona emerges, so different from the daily mommy-routine of scrambling to pack the backpack and nagging about brushing teeth.

A Cautionary tale for everyone. Thank you for the diary, AnnieJo, and welcome! -Elisa

A cautionary tale of the Internet for the little tykes...

My older daughter, aged 6 and a precocious reader, has a list of web-game "Favorites" that she's allowed to play online.  The list is heavy on Playhouse Disney, PBS Kids, Starfall, Poisson Rouge and the like.  But we did have one on the list that wasn't explictly a kids' game -- a really cool make-your-own-snowflake site. She had done a lot of snowflake cutting in the real world this winter, and the snowflake site virtually "folded the paper" for you and then let you "cut" areas out by dragging with the mouse. You then release your creation into a snowy scene along with all the snowflakes created by other users, and can attach little comments to other people's snowflakes, or read what they have to say about yours.