- How are you doing? It's been a year since you've been here.
- Yeah, and when you called back, I thought it was gonna be
- the best time of my life. - Uh-huh.
- And I--because I missed you so much,
because you're such a sweetheart and a cutie.
- Uh, well, you're a sweetheart and a cutie as well.
It's so good to see you're still wearing the same, like, look.
I like your look. Don't lose that, that's good.
And the hair just keeps growing longer and longer.
Have you cut it at all?
- Never. - No?
you're not going to cut it ever, ever?
- Yep. - You're just going to let it
grow as long as it ca--what happens if you trip over it?
- Well, it's not that long yet.
- Okay. [laughter]
I like that you use the air quotes a lot.
Really cool.
So you just turned nine, huh?
- Yeah, and it was great, and I, like,
went to MOSI, aka, the Museum of Science and Industry,
whatever you'd like to call it,
and I went on this zip line, where I was, like, zoom.
And I went to this, um,
thing where we got to build our own comets,
and a whole bunch of friend were there,
including this guy that looked like Elvis Presley.
His hair look like Elvis Presley.
And he was my friend at Publix.
- Your friend at Publix? - Yeah.
- The store? - Yeah.
- Okay, you met him when you were shopping?
- Yeah, he's my coin guy. - Uh-huh.
- He's my co-- - He's your coin guy.
- Do-do-do-do-do-do. - Yeah.
So you make friends really wherever you go, don't you?
- Yeah. Like Walgreens, Publix, well,
I can't name everywhere I go, but--
but I just like talking to people.
- You just start a conversation
and they they become your friend.
- Yeah. - And then they go to your
- birthday party. - Yeah.
- Wow. And then they meet you and they have no idea
how talented you are, and they must be blown away
when they see how you play.
- [chuckles] Thank you.
- It's impress-- Oh, oh.
- Aww. - And another one.
I missed you so much, Ellen.
- I missed you, too.
All right, so you play piano very, very well,
and what else are you in-- do you have any other hobbies?
- Yeah, well, I love collecting collectable coins.
I, like, each time I go to Publix or anywhere,
I can't remember where I go, again.
And I just ask them, "Do you have any coins
"in the cash register maybe I could buy from you?
"Like, for example, if you give us a half dollar,
I'll give you two quarters."
- What's, like, what's a collectable coin that would be--
- Well, like a liberty head nickel.
I have, like, an 1885 one. I have a 1921 Morgan dollar.
I have a 1951 wheat Lincoln penny.
I have 2009 bicen--well, not bicentennial,
centennial, um, Lincoln pennies, too.
- Wow, that's really cool.
- I love collecting the really old ones.
- Yeah. - Because they're going to be
- way worth more. - Oh, they'll be worth a lot
of money. That's really great.
Well, good for you. All right, um,
are you going to play piano for us?
- Yes. - All right. I'm going to sit
right here. You're gonna go over there.
[piano playing]
[cheers and applause]
- Woo-hoo!
- You're so good. You're so talented.
All right. I have a gift for you.
- What? - I always--I miss you.
It's been a year, and, uh, I found out
that you were collecting coins,
and I wanted to know more about it.
I got something for you. Bring it out, please.
- What? - You have a coin corner.
- No, Ellen, no. - How about that?