Tuba Abby

When I got home from work yesterday, this is what I found:

 Think they were ready for T-Ball practice?

The sun was out and it was so much fun to watch them play.  Ben takes T-Ball VERY seriously:

 Abby?  Not so much:

The best part is that wherever the ball goes, the entire outfield goes.  And then  they tackle each other and wrestle the ball from whoever ends up at the bottom of the dog pile.  Sooooo entertaining. 

Can't wait for the games to start!!

On the way to practice, we were listening to "Tear Drops on My Guitar", which in our family is known as "Abby's song".  Why?  Well because it is about her, of course!  Until very recently, she was convinced that the first words of the song (which are actually "Drew looks, at me") were "Tuba, Abby".  But within the past few weeks (we have been listening to this song in the car everywhere we go for the better part of two years) she has been listening to the words a little more carefully.  She and Ben have been debating and deciphering the lyrics as I try not to laugh so hard that I drive off the road.  Here are some snippets from my backseat:

TAYLOR SWIFT: "Can he tell that I can't breathe?"

ABBY: "Why does she say, 'can he tell that I can't breathe?'"

BEN:  "I think she says 'can he tell that I can't read."

A: "No Ben.  Momma Ben says it's 'can he tell that I can't read" but it says 'can he tell that I can't breathe,' right?"

ME: "I don't know.  What do you think?"

A: "Breathe."

B: "Read."

They went back and forth, getting increasingly louder as they tried to prove that they were correct, until finally...

B: "Momma, how old is Taylor Swift?"

M: "I don't know, 19?  21?  Something like that."

B: "Oh.  I she can probably read then.  Guess Abby's right."

Now that they know all of the words, they want to know why.

A: "Why does she have everything that Taylor Swift has to live without?

B: "Why can't she breathe?"

M: "Well, that boy used to be her boyfriend but now he has a new girlfriend so she is sad that he doesn't love her anymore."

A: "Why doesn't he love her anymore?"

M: "I'm not sure.  I think he loves his new girlfriend now."

A: "That doesn't really make sense because if you love someone they always love you back."

M: (a little nervous that this conversation is setting her up to be worried that people she loves will stop loving her, but not knowing what else to say...) "Sometimes people who love each other, for whatever reason, stop loving each other."

A: "Oh.  Are they real?"

M: "No.  It's just a song."

B: "Yeah, but Taylor Swift and her boyfriend and his new girlfriend are real, right?"

I may have to lose the Taylor Swift CD because I don't think I am up to teaching life/love lessons every time I need to run out for groceries.