Johnny at the Piano

Every few years, we have another little person who wants to join the ranks of musicians in our family.  I always try to put them off for a while. (The newness of lessons wears off so fast and I am left with another mini-maestro to prod along.)

Johnny has been no exception.  Finally, this past week, I asked him to pick his poison.  What will it be...piano or guitar?  He chose piano and had his very, first lesson yesterday.

Practicing how to position his fingers.



Linda makes it fun to learn line notes and space notes.

Marianna adds to the craziness.

We are so grateful for our awesome teacher, Linda.  What's it been?  Something like 11 years of  guitar or piano lessons.  (I don't know...is that at least 10,000 twinkles?)

Marianna modeling her full pontoon gear.

Backwards skirt courtesy of the mini-model herself.

The hazards of working on the farm...

Ouch!  These are Stephen's arms.  Not sure if this came from pitching hay (we initially thought it was poison ivy) or from mowing lawn at his job.  Turned out to be an excessive amount of mosquito bites.  Welcome to Minnesota!

While trying to keep her baby brother entertained,  Therese says, "Francis, I've known you your entire life and you have nothing to complain about."

 

So there. Francis better start talking real fast because we aren't taking anymore crying  apparently.

Yarn Along

It's been awhile since I joined Ginny's Yarn Along.  Really all I've knit since Francis was born is this little aviatrix baby hat.

 

Took a couple of different passwords to even get into my Ravelry account!  Anyway, this was the best photo I could get with my model.

I guess hats in August aren't his favorite attire.

 

As for what I'm reading right now,  I'm kind of in-between books.  I was on a binge, reading spree for the past few months, but I think I have to buckle down and plan our school year.  Yep, it's definitely August.

Lazy Summer Weekend

Making a fort out of the lilacs.

Peek a boo!  There they are.

Hanging out by the fire, since it's kind of c-c-cold for August.

Dan's part time job this summer...fixing gear for little fisher people.

Enough with the pictures, Mom.  FEED ME!

Picture Dump

Going all the way back to the 4th of July....

These were from a few weeks ago....

Marianna still has her glasses!

Wow...they're all trying to play a game together!

Francis at 5 months