Hi Loved Ones! Wonder why I'm not blogging as much?
About a month ago, close friends of ours asked me if we wanted to buy their second-hand piano for a small amount. I asked Jonny and he immediately said yes, saying it would be wonderful for Daniel to see me playing and that it would be an incentive for him to want to play an instrument too.
What a blessing this piano has been! It's unexpected for three reasons: 1) We were not even thinking about getting a piano, 2) Jonny has also started to play and 3) we're all loving it!
I played piano until about age 13, "forced" by my mother. In the past, I didn't appreciate it much, but today, I do! Picking it up again after all these years has been quite easy, since I still remember how to read piano music and have been teaching Jonny. So maezinha, thank you for making me learn as a child, I'm enjoying the benefits now! :-)
Jonny too has a background in piano... Grandpa Boon recently told me he and his brother were expelled from his piano class at a very young age for not taking it seriously!
Daniel loves to sit at the piano and "make music" - a lot of banging for now, but it's OK. :-) He calls it "ano!"
We've been able to easily find free piano music online and at the library, and the cool thing is that we can actually choose what we want to play, instead of what our teachers used to choose for us... We're learning to play worship music as well as different children's songs, so it's been so much fun for all of us.
Thank you Lord for this unexpected blessing; it has given us so much joy!
About a month ago, close friends of ours asked me if we wanted to buy their second-hand piano for a small amount. I asked Jonny and he immediately said yes, saying it would be wonderful for Daniel to see me playing and that it would be an incentive for him to want to play an instrument too.
What a blessing this piano has been! It's unexpected for three reasons: 1) We were not even thinking about getting a piano, 2) Jonny has also started to play and 3) we're all loving it!
I played piano until about age 13, "forced" by my mother. In the past, I didn't appreciate it much, but today, I do! Picking it up again after all these years has been quite easy, since I still remember how to read piano music and have been teaching Jonny. So maezinha, thank you for making me learn as a child, I'm enjoying the benefits now! :-)
Jonny too has a background in piano... Grandpa Boon recently told me he and his brother were expelled from his piano class at a very young age for not taking it seriously!
Daniel loves to sit at the piano and "make music" - a lot of banging for now, but it's OK. :-) He calls it "ano!"
We've been able to easily find free piano music online and at the library, and the cool thing is that we can actually choose what we want to play, instead of what our teachers used to choose for us... We're learning to play worship music as well as different children's songs, so it's been so much fun for all of us.
Thank you Lord for this unexpected blessing; it has given us so much joy!
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What a great idea! I love the photos, and how nice that you are all taking an interest together! I do remember them being expelled! But thanks to UWC Peter developed a great interest in the cello.... Jonny can easily pick it up I am sure. In Malaysia all the kids in my Saturday class seem to learn the piano and some of them are Grade 5 at only 11! I was amazed.
ReplyDeleteIt is really lovely that Daniel says thank you all the time, I can't wait to see him!xxx
Fiquei muito feliz ao ler no seu blog que vocês compraram um piano que até o Daniel esta `tocando``!...
ReplyDeleteAcredito que comentara com você , algum tempo atrás, que sonhava em você e sua irmã tocando piano e falando a língua francesa. O primeiro sonho já é realidade...
Do seu pai.
Tarcísio.
Fantastic news on the piano front. We will not forget the hilarious time when Jonny and John were playing the piano in Fordingbridge. Perhaps Boy Wonder will enjoy 'tinkling the ivories'. We love seeing him grow up and enjoy hearing your news.We hope to see you in Belgium in September. Love J and E
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