Friday, April 22, 2011

A real violin

Penelope was so excited for grandmama to bring her a violin. She was playing with her makeshift violin (knitting needle and remote control) for a couple of weeks. Well, she got her wish:

That's a 28 year old violin. So funny to think I was that little when I played it.
Playing Twinkle Twinkle...she moved the bow and my mom did all the fingering.
Playing with Mommy.
And who doesn't want a pink practice violin? This is so she can practice carrying it the right way.

My mom has taught around 6 or 7 toddlers to play violin and Penelope is the first to be this enthusiastic. Goes to show Sesame Street can be a good thing! She loves that Elmo and his violin episode. By Sunday night Chris was threatening Penelope that if she didn't go to sleep she couldn't practice her violin the next day. She got right into bed. Wonder how long that will last? We've been practicing 5-10 mins a day, and I've started playing my violin again, which she seems to like too. I got a book of kids songs so maybe I'll play at Penelope's daycare since Chris won't take Luigi.

5 comments:

Jan said...

LOVE it!!! Boy, that picture of Penelope playing looks so familiar from about 28 years ago.....too cute. So glad you are playing again too. Can't wait for a video.....

Amy Randolph said...

That is so cute!!! Penelope can play her violin and Molly can twirl around her while she practices her dancing :)

Aunt Jennifer said...

haha. That's such a cute image, Amy!! :D

Brenden+Nikki said...

Aw how cute! I love that she is so thrilled about it! She's gonna be a famous violinist....I can feel it! ;)

Christen said...

So sweet! I used to sing while my mom played her guitar. I love that you two do such fun activities together!