Proud Mom Moment!

Alex loves to play the piano and that makes me happy. She has been playing for about three years and is getting better and better. I thought I would showoff her talent:

Alex playing "Love Story" by Taylor Swift

GREASE is the word...

Grease is one of my all time favorite movies. I love the music, dancing and energy; it's just a fun movie. I saw Grease when it first came out in 1978. I was 9 years old. Seth got me the DVD for Christmas and I was so excited to share one of my favorite movies with my girls. I got so caught up in what I loved about the movie that I forgot all about the innuendos in it. Luckily the girls are still innocent enough they didn't catch on to any of it, but Rizzo's predicament was not so easy to overlook. Guess I won't be getting the Perfect Mom of the Year award! Needless to say, I have created a couple of Grease lovers and they think it's the best movie ever! They have been running around the house for two days singing, "Your The One That I Want" and "Beauty School Drop Out." I think they love it for all the reasons I do.

Watching Grease again as an almost-not-so-quite-for-another-six-months-forty-year-old-woman, the story line did not sit well with me: Good girl changes image to get a boy to like her and all the other stuff in between. I must be growing up!!

I also introduced them to ABBA over the weekend and they know every word to "Dancing Queen." I think Seth has had enough and is ready to move out!

Rachel's Band Performance

Rachel joined the band this year in school they had thier first performance last night.

Alex's Piano Recital

Check out Alex…. We are very proud of our pianist.

New Music

For those of you who turn off your speakers when you visit this blog because your tired of hearing the same old music, we have updated our music finally. Turn on your speakers, relax and stay awhile.

Piano/Clarinet Lessons

The girls decided to teach each other how to play the other's instrument. Rachel showed Alex how to play the clarinet and how to properly place her fingers. Rachel went over the notes and Alex got so excited she ran up to me and said, "Hey mom, guess what! The notes on the clarinet are the same as the piano! Can you believe it?" I joined in her excitement and said, "Wow, that's great!"

Alex gave Rachel piano lessons and gave her note cards to study and put tape on the keys indicating each note. She taught her about posture and the correct way to use her hands. She made notes in a notebook to let Rachel know the areas she needs to work on and also gave her very positive feedback like, "You are doing awesome." When Rachel would sit at the piano and get ready to play, Alex would say, "Posture," and Rachel would sit up straight. Alex is a little Sabrina in the making. You did a great job Sabrina. Alex misses you!

Rachel is a natural at the piano and she has already taught herself how to play several songs. And yes, I said piano not keyboard — we finally bought a piano!!! Jeremy was uneasy about us getting a piano because it doesn't have a headphone jack like the keyboard and now he has to listen to the piano being played. Last Sunday he asked if we could have a day of NO PIANO!