Happy Farmer cont'd

Hailey had her lesson today and proudly played Happy Farmer for her teacher. She's been begging to play it at the recital tomorrow but I''m not so sure. It's scratchy, and well not at normal recital level. Then again Twinkle, Twinkle has been going on for ever it seems like and listening to her play something else is wonderful. I decided that our violin and viola teacher who happens to unschool her kids and be a good friend of ours would know best. She listened to Hailey's first line of Happy Farmer and beamed. Scratchy or not Hailey will be playing Happy Farmer for the recital along with Twinkle, Twinkle. Her siblings are so proud. She is now wanting to ware her "farm clothes", we'll have to see about this too.

Happy Farmer

Hailey has been eager to play "The Happy Farmer" for quite some time. The name intrigued her I guess. Her violin teacher has told her that she should just get a bit more skill and then she can play it. Hailey wasn't having this, she wanted to play it now. Sarah is helping her learn it right now. Hailey is making a lot of mistakes and can only play line one but it is so wonderful to see her eagerness. She's wearing a typical outfit of hers: fleece pants, nightgown, crocs, and hoodie and looks so cute with her 1/16 size violin. The Hailey is defiantly a happy farmer. Always so eager to be with our animals or harvesting. Maybe this should be her theme song.

Hailey's birthday song

How could I of forgotten this!

Happy Birthday to me
My name is Hailey
I've just turned three
Happy Birthday to me

She loves it.

Allison

Happy Birthday Hailey!

Hailey turned 3y on Saturday!
She didn't want to have a regular kid party just a small (being a relative word) family party. Grandma and Grandpa came plus our family so that's 11 people.

So to make the party memorable we held a concert with musicians dashing from violin, to piano, to signing. What a lot of fun! Hailey after hearing Happy Birthday, Ode to Joy, several Minuets and Gavottes, Rigoletto, and numerous other works, (mostly Mozart's as he's Hailey's favorite composer) could not resist getting up and playing Twinkle, Twinkle on her violin. Then there was cake and after much playing with her new fairy toys, and reading of her new fairy books she resigned herself to bed, as did the rest of us. But it sure was a lot of fun.

Allison

More music trauma

After Sarah did her violin practice today she was extremely frustrated. She stormed out of the room she was practicing in and said her fingers felt "as big a huge sausages" and that she would "rather people gobble them up then have to use them again." However later when she at down at the piano she launched into her grade 9music and had no complaints.
Hopefully violin goes better tomorrow.

Allison

D sharp trouble

Today Martin came to me looking very serious. I thought I was in for an "I want global warming to stop this very instant" rant. But no.

Martin:"I've got a problem"
Me:"What is it?"
Martin:"I composed a piece, but my D sharp sounds to natural."
Me:"Any ideas on what to do?"
Martin:"Not really, can you help me."
Me:"I could try but I don't have a good ear.

Martin is so serious,especially when it comes to music. He is very critical of his playing.

Allison