Success!

I am so proud of my kids and their piano lessons. They take from me, which isn't ideal but it's cheap. Stop laughing. Mila will probably start with a "real" teacher sometime this spring. They are using Faber Piano Adventures books, and I have them use all 4--lessons, theory, performance, and technique & artistry. They even both asked for the special Christmas book, which they worked on for December. They both just finished up their levels today and started on their new books. Mila blew me away by playing the last song in her book--appropriately enough it was "Auld Lang Syne"--and then TRANSPOSING it into a different key. I was flabbergasted. I have learned so much . . . and the kids are sounding pretty good, too.

Answer to Prayers

My big boy went to scouts for the first time today. He is such a good boy. He was baptized and confirmed last Saturday, and I've been concerned that he's such a goofball . . . I really want him to be able to feel the spirit and recognize it. I love him so much, and I just see so much of myself in him . . . I know how unserious I was and how I wish I'd been more thoughtful. So I worry about him.

Today he was going out to play on the snow hill and I noticed he had no gloves on. He said he couldn't find them. I told him he couldn't play outside without them . . . if he would put them away when he came in, they would always be in the same place. Such a simple concept. He searched, but couldn't see them. The he said he was going to say a prayer. I begged in my heart that his prayer would be answered--that his faith would be strengthened, that he would feel the spirit and understand. Not one minute later he came triumphantly into the hall with the gloves. Oh I was thankful!