Keyboard

What do you do when you return home from a week where the kids were spoiled with fun activities and people ready to play at every turn?  You haul out a new "toy"!  Three years ago a very good friend loaned me her nice keyboard when she got a real piano (still holding out for that someday).  Although I have hardly ever played it, Emily dabbled with it a few times and remembers "sitting high on a stool at my old house."  It was still packed in the box in the basement from our move, so I decided to haul it out after reading/singing the book Today is Monday illustrated by Eric Carle with Emily.  The simple melody is printed in the back and Emily was intrigued.  She was even more intrigued by the extensive song list of pre-programmed tunes on the keyboard.  I'm starting to grow weary of hearing "My Heart Will Go On" which is the first song when you push the "Demo" button. :op  The "Star Wars" theme song is second.  I can handle that one. ;o)

Of course, Lincoln is fascinated, too.  Setting the keyboard on top of the dress-up box makes it the perfect height for both of them.  There have been a few tiffs over pressing buttons, but the two of them have done surprisingly well together.  Here's to at least piquing their interest in music! (How's that for a $.50 vocabulary word?!?)