Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Time with my neice today

Tonight, my brother and sister-in-law were both not at home. My nephew had to study for a spelling test tomorrow. My niece decided to visit my room tonight as she wanted to play "hair dresser".

I was tired but thought that it has been a while since I enjoyed private time with the kids. Therefore, I obliged.

Although tonight, only Megan showed, I had a great time. First, I played some tunes on my keyboard with preprogrammed drums and rhythms. Megan loved the sounds and rhythmns and danced to the tune. She may be fat but she is a cute dancer.

While I was having a shower, she had fun experimenting with the keyboard. I then took the music piece she is learning at Yamaha and set some suitable preprogrammed drums and rhythms to accompany the piece she is learning. I wanted to enhance her interest in music and 'hear' the different experimentation she can do with even a simple piece.

I think my settings were too advanced for her and she could not catch the timing of the rhythms well. But, I think over time, if I give her exposure to various pieces and rhythms, she will catch on very soon and play along with the rhythms.

Finally, I allowed her to be my hairdresser. We took turns and I also had a chance to be her hairdresser. In our imaginary salon, hair color plus hair cut only cost $6 - very cheap. Time flew and our imaginary salon did not last long because my mum soon asked her to go to bed.

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