Musician in the making...

As most of you know Adam is a musician. He is finishing up his DMA (Doctorate of Musical Arts) at the U of I. His instrument isn't just one instrument, but rather multiple instruments as he is a percussionist. So it is only natural that our children will hopefully have a great deal of interest in music.

One day last month Adam took Kathryn into his studio and let her play on some of the instruments. First she played one of his drumsets with her hands, banging n the drums and cymbals. Then we let her try it with the drumsticks, which turned out to be a little dangerous as she almost hit daddy in the face with it! She checked out the marimba, but only wanted to touch the bars with her hands, which daddy didn't really want her to do (something with the oil on our hands and the wood...who knows lol.) So when she gets a little older we will have to revisit the marimba. After that she checked out the congas and banged on them. Elijah was asleep during this, but mommy will be sure to get his reaction to daddy's instruments on video soon, but for now, here is Kathryn.

Although Kathryn seemed to enjoy banging on the instruments, and enjoys playing with the twins toy drum and toy piano...

as well as the shakers daddy gave them...

I have to say I honestly don't think the twins are that interested in music at this time. They love when mommy sings to them, some favorites are "The Little Green Frog", "The Balloon Song", and "Baby Bumblebee", however when it comes to their favorite toys, right now it seems to be books. They love to pull all their books out and make a huge mess. They love to read their "Peek-a-boo" books and I can read them several times over and hold their attention. I do hope they will eventually develop a love for music, and in particular percussion (although daddy would rather see them pursue something else), but I definitely love the fact that they seem to enjoy books so much and hope they will grow up to love reading just like mommy!