Drums, Drums, Drums!!!

We took three little boys, three and under, to a place called the Rhythm Discovery Center in downtown Indy last Friday. My cousin Robin and her younger son Caleb joined us. He was the BIG KID. He was very impressed with this fact, and that was so cute. Terri was visiting her dad in the hospital, so Mom took Gibson, and I had LM.

This place is so cool! Seriously cool - tons of instruments the kids can actually play on, and then lots of exhibits we didn't really get to read because of the aforementioned boys. They had a blast! Here are some photos:

The first thing we came to was this gong drum.

This place was not quiet. And at first, Gibson wasn't so sure about the noise. But, he caught on pretty quickly. And, if I were to go again, I would take some inexpensive foam earplugs just to kill some of the sound.

A giant chime!

See - Gibson got into it just fine, eventually.

Then, there was a drum set. They loved it!

And a little video!

It was great fun! The kids loved it! Then, on the way to the car, we encountered a family of clarinet players, performing on the street for tips:

Not your typical street musicians...

See you soon.

Accordion

We had the pleasure of eating lunch one day with S's Uncle John and Aunt Leigh when they came to town over the holidays. But, the real pleasure was LM's, as Uncle John gave him one of his accordions that he had as a child. LM is completely enamored with this contraption, even though he's too small and has virtually no idea what to do with it. Here are some photos of him checking it out anyway:

I mean, what's not to love - it's shiny, red and has buttons and keys!

He will take a visitor to our home into his room and wait for them to open the carrying case to get this thing out. He loves it - the way it looks, feels and sounds. It's great fun. Thanks Uncle John!

See you soon.

Perfect Music

Everyone has their opinion on what the world's most perfect music would be. I am here to tell you that Bach is, unequivocally, the world's most perfect music, in my humble opinion. And I think there is a lot of wonderful music out there. But, there is something perfectly mathematical and cerebral about his music that causes an unexplainable sense of calm to sweep over me while I listen to it. It makes sense on a primal level - no talking needed...no typing of words needed. It just works. It's perfect. I love it. 

Don't take my word for it - you can listen to some on Bach's Wikipedia page here. Or download some for the long haul. Then you'll totally agree, I am certain. 

That is all. Thank you.

See you soon.