Thursday, June 24, 2004
My husband, who shall henceforth be known as "Captain Dan," is watching a show on TV. As I briefly passed through the room, I heard "reinforced steel hull" and I knew it would not be a show that mesmerized me. What can I say? Speaking of boats, we went out on the boat today and we saw dolphins like CRAZY!!! Dan and I saw dolphins jumping CLEAR OUT OF THE WATER like they do at Sea World for fish treats. They were playing, blowing stuff out of their blowholes and flapping their tails. We quick got Benny out of the cabin and he saw LOTS of dolphins... right close to the boat too. Very cool. We gave Benny some chewable Drammamine today because a couple times he's said he felt sick on the boat... last time we went out he said his tummy felt like it was going to puke so I think he occasionally get seasick. The Drammamine made him sleep for a while but by the time we got out to the Cape Henry light, he was awake and not sick at all. And loving the dolphins.
His best thing today was "boat camp." Today was pirate day and they all wore eye patches and capered about going "Arrrrgh." They dug for buried treasure in the sandbox -- I think that was Benny's favorite part. Then he had a violin lesson in which he performed at about 40% of his present capacity -- not a great lesson. However, we got permission to go on to the next few songs in the Suzuki book. I have to get him to quit playing the harmony part he's made up on Twinkle and I have to get him off third position!!! I couldn't bring myself to tell Mrs. Ford that I had showed him third position on the E string -- he wants to play octaves and how can be play three octaves of C if he can't use third position??! Well, that was a bad thing I did. I have to undo it. :) All I did was say "Put your first finger on high A" and he figured out the rest. Also how to play in third position on the other strings -- OOPS! He has such enthusiasm for practicing -- today he woke right up and wanted to practice violin before boat camp. So he did while I was making his breakfast etc. What can I do? He can play like EVERY SONG IN BOOK ONE on the keyboard. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.
His best thing today was "boat camp." Today was pirate day and they all wore eye patches and capered about going "Arrrrgh." They dug for buried treasure in the sandbox -- I think that was Benny's favorite part. Then he had a violin lesson in which he performed at about 40% of his present capacity -- not a great lesson. However, we got permission to go on to the next few songs in the Suzuki book. I have to get him to quit playing the harmony part he's made up on Twinkle and I have to get him off third position!!! I couldn't bring myself to tell Mrs. Ford that I had showed him third position on the E string -- he wants to play octaves and how can be play three octaves of C if he can't use third position??! Well, that was a bad thing I did. I have to undo it. :) All I did was say "Put your first finger on high A" and he figured out the rest. Also how to play in third position on the other strings -- OOPS! He has such enthusiasm for practicing -- today he woke right up and wanted to practice violin before boat camp. So he did while I was making his breakfast etc. What can I do? He can play like EVERY SONG IN BOOK ONE on the keyboard. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.
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