CSI: Mt. Juliet

Right or wrong, my 6 year old daughter likes to watch CSI. She gets totally interested in what is going on and who did what. When we lived in Jackson we caught her walking around the house with a camera around her neck and a ball cap on. When I asked what she was doing, she said,"I am a CSI agent." I told my husband to hide the Q-tips or she may start swabbing us for DNA. The child has been asking for a CSI kit since Christmas. Well she got one for her birthday. Her and her brother Jacob set up a crime scene with tape and all. Collected my fingerprints off of a glass and obtained my fingerprints for their files. My sweet son listed me as 5'5" and 135 lbs! That was the best part of the whole crime! Anyway they found me guilty for the murder of Baby Diego. Do not worry. This was just a training exercise for them and Baby Diego is alive and well.  I have personally always been interested in forensics. At one point even looked into getting my masters degree in forensic nursing. I guess the love for catching the bad guy and trying to put pieces of the puzzle together has rubbed off on Claire. My favorite books are by Ted Dekker, Jefferson Bass, James Patterson, and Patricia Cornwell. My husband thinks that I have a very dark side and is scared to sleep too soundly! I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Bill Bass. The Body Farm in Knoxville was his idea. To place bodies in various places, trunks of car, water, in the woods, etc and see how they decompose. His research helps determine how long someone has been deceased for the most part and he has helped to train other law enforcement how to collect evidence which in turn helps to catch more criminals. Anyway, meeting him was the highlight of my year. How cool would it have been to spend just one day with him? Most of you are thinking that is the farthest thing from cool and I completely understand that. Anyway if you happen to visit our sweet home, watch out. I have two children that will have you confessing to something you did not even know you did!