Thursday, February 28, 2008

what was i thinking?

I decided to give Reed a break from Taekwondo. It seemed to be time consuming since it was twice a week, across town, and Beau was not very cooperative while we waited. Reed didn't want to quit completely so I told him we would just take a break and wait for Blue to turn four years old so he could participate with him. Well, Reed is now taking piano lessons instead. I don't know why I thought this would be less time consuming. Now, instead of just twice a week, I have to sit by him everyday (or atleast five times a week) while he practices. This is much harder that just that, you see, Beau wants to play the piano also. So while I am fighting him off and he is screaming at the top of his lungs, Blue is trying to sit on my lap and tell Reed how to play. Poor Blue, he wants to do whatever Reed does but just isn't old enough. Now when Blue tries to tell Reed what to do next, this makes Reed mad and he starts pouting. On a positive note, whenever Reed pouts (whether it be from Blue or because he has to run through a song one more time) he plays to perfection. Although it is exhausting, it is fun to see how far Reed has come already.


2 comments:

ld said...

If you like, you can borrow the motto that cs adopted for our kids as they were growing up: Good piano players have mean moms.

once upon a poppy said...

jeffs favorite calling is the primary pianist. he's been doing it for 3 years. all the practicing paid off!