Little Maestros

This weekend we are pretending that we only have 2 kids. Jonah and Sam are spending the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa in Michigan. Let me just say that having 2 kids is sooooo much easier than having 4 kids. John and I can each be in charge of 1 kid and we are not outnumbered. We have gone out for dinner every night that the twins are away. We never go out to eat with all 4 kids. (Actually we do, but it is to fast food types of places).

I have recently started thinking about extracurricular activities for the kids. Wyatt is 5 years old and has never been in an organized sport yet. Most of our friends that have kids his age have already done the soccer, t ball, hockey stuff. I just don't think that Wyatt is ready/interested in those sports yet. So we joined our pool again and are going to focus on swimming again before summer and then maybe check out the swim team in the fall.

But I also thought that Wyatt might be good with music. He is old enough to start violin and I can teach that. I took advantage of having some one-on-one time with Wyatt this weekend and got out his little violin. I got it a few weeks ago and have not found time to work on it with him without the other kids around. It is 1/8 the size of my violin....super tiny. Wyatt seems really interested and seems to enjoy the idea of learning to play, so I am excited. He told me tonight that I need to stop telling him what to do because he already knows how to play the violin. He said that he watched me and now he knows. Can you say overconfident?



Somebody else was super jealous that they didn't get a little violin too. I mean JEALOUS! I know that some kids start to learn when they are 2 years old, but that seems just a bit too young for me.... although Shane disagrees....



I am hoping with 4 kids that somebody will take a liking to the violin. I mean if Michelle Duggar can teach all 19 of her kids to play the violin I should be able to get at least one of my kids to Carnegie Hall someday right?