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This week is the first week of our school holidays! Yippee – I think. For me this means not only are the kids home, but Husband too. 7 weeks of all of them driving me mad and scuppering me on how much time I actually spend blogging doing very important things on the laptop.
We have decided to go ahead and trial piano lessons with Eldest but in the meanwhile I have bought her a recorder. A proper Aulos one like we had as kids – even the bag hasn’t changed! Ah, the memories of being consigned to the upstairs loo to practise. AND I CAN NOW SEE WHY!!! Mother, I take it all back. Your wisdom was only flawed by letting me have the bloody thing in the first place. My daughter’s enthusiasm knows no bounds and if I have to hear ‘Hot Cross Buns’ one more time I am going to fling the flippin’ thing into the rhododendron bush as hard as I can. Every time she speaks to me her conversation is prefaced with ‘Can I play you….’ I smile, and try to mean it but can’t bring myself to bare teeth. ’Of course, darling! Let Mummy just get a G&T and it will be bearable, I mean beautiful’.
You’re right about those recorders. There is something special about them. I always wanted one when I was a girl, and now reading this, I realise I still do. They always felt so smooth. 37 years old and I have recorder lust….
Go on! For £13.99 you can realise a childhood dream!
Sounds like another busy week – or seven – in prospect for you! I too missed the torch when it came through Eastbourne yesterday. Ah well, it was only a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Good luck with the hearing; I actually got kicked out of the school recorder group for being apathetic about it. Happy days!
That’s quite an achievement and no doubt leaves a gaping hole on your CV ;)
I love your comment about the recorder, he he!! My two girls are respectively learning piano and guitar… It’s not toooo bad ;)
Just realised I hadn’t mentioned that my post was for Wednesday Witter so I added a line at the start (bit of a scatty brain I am…)
Ah, thanks for the mention! Do you have to nag them to practise? I fear this will be another thing to do…
I think recorders are a great instrument to learn on, but awful to listen to. Could be worse, could be violin.
This is true. The electric piano I am looking at has a headphones option….looking better by the minute!
Brilliant – that recorder brought back memories – those recorder bags were ace. I played descant very badly and then graduated to treble, and played that even worse. Keep us posted with the kinds of projects you are going to do with your kids.
ah the recorder..i could only do London’s burning!