What do you want to buy that for? Oh I remember Thayne asking me that question when we were moving into our first new home. I wanted to buy a piano. Thayne didn’t play, and I could read music but had no experience in playing the piano. I wanted to buy one so that my kids would play. Thayne, being the nice guy that he is, went with me to buy a piano for our kids so they could learn to play when they were old enough. Until that time came it was a nice piece of furniture. When the kids were young they would play, well not really they would pound on the piano all the time.
TJ started piano lessons when he turned 7 and then Samantha started when she was 7. They took piano from my friend Kaye. They loved taking piano from her. When we moved to Arizona, one of my first priorities was to find a new piano teacher. I found Shere. She has been teaching all of my kids for 6 1/2 years. She is patience and rewards them with a ton of candy every week. TJ has been begging to quit for years now and I would not even consider it. The last few months Sam has been asking to quit. They really just need a new teacher that will take them to the next level. I have been thinking of letting them quit, when TJ came in one day from school and said he was picking his classes for next year. He asked if he took piano in school if he could quit lessons. Sam asked the same thing. Well, I was going to let them quit anyways but I didn’t tell them that. So I said, sure if you take piano is school I will let you quit your weekly lessons. So I figured I win all around. My kids will still be learning piano, instead of a half hour a week they will take 1 hours a day and I don’t have to pay for it. CAN IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT?
So today is the last day of TJ and Sam’s piano lessons only I still haven’t told them today is the lucky day. I think it will be a nice surprise when I finally tell them. Jess and Wyatt will still be taking from Shere. I love hearing the music being played in the house. I am really looking forward to the piano bill getting smaller next month.
So congratulations to TJ and Sam for graduating from piano lessons. What a great day.
4 comments:
Dude, you scored!!! I didn't even know you could take piano in school.
I hope they love it in school. Meg assisted her choir teacher and learned from her after school for free and that was wonderful. It's good to learn from different teachers that help them developing their own style.
Congrads. to Sam and TJ.
Sounds like I am rounding the bend on time to buy a piano...
Those pictures are adorable of when they were little! My kids have wanted to quit so many times too and it's always no way! That is great that they offer it in school!
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