My daughter is a huge fan of Power 96.3 and listens every morning to the legendary Pete Meyer and ever funny JB Mathers. It's our daily ritual to match our wits and try to come up with an answer to Menial Mind Trivia prior to Taterbug getting dropped off for school. She loves the music they play and I do too. So much more than Kidz Bop or the Wiggles.

The other morning I heard that Power 96.3 was going to be broadcasting from a local hardware store and they were taking in-person requests for songs. As Taterbug cleaned the sleep out of her little eyeballs, I mentioned where they were at and told her I'd be happy to take a quick detour to let her request a song...IN PERSON! Her little eyeballs immediately lit up and she flew through her morning rituals of teeth brushing and hair untangling.

As we left and began discussing which song she might request, it was decided that a little "Pocket Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Beddingfield would suit her just fine. As we pulled into the parking lot, she started telling me about the butterflies that were quickly forming in her belly. She told me she thought she might blow chunks but that she could more than likely hold it in until she got done requesting her song. She didn't want to blow her big chance at becoming famous.

When I parked in the lot, I could hear Guns-n-Roses blaring from their mobile studio. Taterbug looked at me with a gleam in her eye and quickly spotted the two DJ's sitting under the awning of the business. I gave her a quick pep and we quickly walked over to the table as it was beginning to rain and I didn't want our naturally frizzy hair to go totally afro on us. Again, she considered this to be her first chance at stardom so we needed to do things right.

We found both Pete and JB to be some of the nicest guys we'd ever met. They interviewed her for a coupla minutes on the radio, let her request a song, and then they gave her the earphones so she could hear herself when it broadcast. To top it all off, they let her pick a prize and offered her a free breakfast. It was great!

By the time we left, Taterbug was floating on air. Two days later, she's still buzzing about it. When she did get to school that morning, she told her whole class and pretty much anyone who would sit still long enough to listen. She truly felt like she was the hero and spokeswoman for the 3rd grade class. I just hope she wasn't passing out autographs to the kindergartners.

A HUGE thanks to Power 96.3 and the handsome and awesome DJ's Pete Meyer and JB Mathers. You totally rocked my daughter's world and have created a forever fan. For one morning, you were way cooler than Hannah Montana or Lady Gaga - combined!!!