Husband = Toddler ?

Well, I had a chat with my husband about him keeping his paws off my guitar (see a previous post).  I had to lead him a little bit to get him to figure out for himself what he did wrong.  He didn't get it.  Our teenager, who didn't know what was going on, guessed for him.  Hm, I guess if a teenager can figure it out, dad should've been able to?  I think he knew but didn't want to admit he was wrong.

I gave him something else musically related to do so he'd stay out of my stuff.  I told him to find Zildjian Drums stuff so we can check out birthday present ideas for our drummer son. That should keep his paws off my guitar for a little while!  He's like a toddler - I corrected and then diverted his attention.  It worked...just like it did when my kids were all two years old.

Paws Off My Guitar, Husband!

Yesterday, I found my husband changing the guitar strings on MY guitar to the guitar strings HE likes. Really? He has his own johnson acoustic guitars, among others, and he's going to mess with mine?  I like Silk and Steel strings.  He put something on there that will rip my fingers up until I get used to them.

If I thought he was changing the strings for ME, it'd be different but he's been trying to get me to give him that guitar for awhile now.  This is his way of slyly taking it over.

I don't think so!

Unless he plans on giving me his super nice Johnson acoustic, I think that husbands need to keep their paws off their wives' guitars!

Kids with Musical Gifts

I am so proud of my kids!  My high school freshman plays the flute and she sits in 3rd chair in the high school band.  She beat out every freshman, every sophomore, every junior but one and every senior but one.

My 7th grade son is in first chair for percussion in a 7/8th grade band.  He beat out his own classmates plus every 8th grader as well. So cool!

My 5th grader was looking at clarinets (I played clarinet in school) or flutes and she decided on flute as well.  She has only been playing a couple months with the 5th grade band and we can tell she will be advanced musically as well.

Now I wait to see if my youngest daughter will choose clarinet or flute in a couple years.  We seem to be a woodwind type of family (except for the boys).

My kids are awesome (yes, I'm bragging).  They have a gift with music.  They make me proud!