April
2007
Violin…lin…lin
The boys had their first “violin” lesson on Tuesday. Our friend Dan graciously brought his violin over for the boys to have a little lesson. Drew especially is into music and he loves CBC radio. Lately we’ve been talking about what the different instruments are so I thought it would be fun for them to see a violin. Both boys stood fascinated for quite a while as Dan played some music for them. Then they got to try it themselves! Drew was a quick learner and even moved the bow back on forth with Dan guiding his hand. 
Brandon quickly learned how to pluck the strings, but got a little too agressive in his plucking so we had to find something else for him to do. 
I think we’ll try him out on the guitar next! I don’t plan on giving them any real lessons any time soon, but based on Drewie’s reaction we may have to let him try it out again in the near future. Anyone up for giving Brandon a guitar lesson?
Mike: If you don’t get the post title then I guess you’re not up on the hip two-year-old music scene.
Oh my goodness… I just clicked on the link to the “hip two-year-old music scene”, and almost died laughing at the They Might Be Giants music video. They really had me wondering throughout the ‘violin-lin-lin’ part, but by the time they got to ‘mop-mop-mop-mop-mop’ I was in hysterics. Thanks for making my night!
Sometime you’ll have to let me in on how you found that video, but Eden loves it! The first time we watched it she started saying “dust” along with it, which cracked me up. By the third time (yes, third) she was singing “lin”. And when they got to “3/4 of George Washington’s head” she shouted “more!” as in, “get on with it–put the rest of his head up there!” I clicked on one of the other YouTube links to watch that and she insisted we go back to the violin.
Theresa,
I have a CD I’m going to send you…I think Eden will love it!
It helps to have a computer geek for a husband, he finds all these crazy things.
Holly,
They have to make it so parents are willing to watch it over and over and over…
The 2-year-old music scene is really happening. I’m glad you were so entertained!