While I was in Croatia with the big girls, Sloane started cello lessons with our beloved Mr Finch! Two weeks in, and she already puts up a fight to practice, but does it grudgingly and is frustrated that she doesn’t sound like Yo-Yo Ma yet. She IS, however, playing the first Twinkle variation already, and is learning that if she wants Henson the cello to play beautifully, she is going to need to practice as much as Henson the human did. I love that Finch capitalizes on the novelty of a new activity and gets kids making music right away. Tiny fingers struggle to hold big bows and his style is to just power right through and get to it. We are already hearing “pe-pe-ro-ni-pi-zza” twinkle patterns enough to convince any parent to choose band or choir and I somehow just love that low screechy scratch filling the air in my home so much I could cry. Hooray for new musicians in the Willy home. And lucky Mr Finch has a new strong willed Willardson daughter to mirror his grumpiness and silliness right back at him. It’s going to be a great learning experience!
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