Beginning Guitar Lessons

Mary and I are so excited to start guitar lessons. We gave her a child's guitar for Christmas. I talked to her piano teacher about finding a guitar teacher.  Turns out that her son's major in college was guitar and he teaches.  So we set up lessons.  It took quite a few weeks to begin as working out a time, then being sick and then he was sick.  So all that to say we started lessons last week.  I was able to get a guitar and a really great close out price.  So we are learning together.  I also have a video of her playing.  She is using her teacher's guitar.  He took hers this week to put nylon strings on it and make it a little easier to play.  He is a great guy, has kids Mary's age and is a Christian.

  

 

Here is the link to the video: http://youtu.be/e7AoNiA7PnQ

 

 

Field Journal

Mary has fallen in love with the idea of making a field journal. She has been watching a Disney movie about the fairy, Tinker Bell, meeting a little 9 year old girl that loves fairies. With the help of Tinker Bell the little girl, Lizzy,  makes a field journal about fairies. It is a wonderful story of trust and friendship and love.  Such a great story. 

 

Mary made one entry of our visit to Lithia Park last Fall and then she made an entry of what she found in our back yard yesterday.  She was so pleased to find 2 ladybugs and some wild flowers already beginning to bloom.  Spring is just around the corner!

Valentine's Weekend

We had fun Valentine's weekend.  Rich worked Saturday morning, so I made a surprise Valentine's breakfast for Mary with heart shaped eggs and eggs in a nest.  She was thrilled.  That evening Rich came home with flowers, candy and cards for us.  He also brought a shrimp ring.  So we enjoyed the cup cakes she frosted and decorated and had shrimp and sparkling grape juice.  I got Rich the Hobbit music sound track CD and Mary got the musical, The Music Man.  So after our desserts and shrimp we watched the Music Man.  Today for lunch Rich and I went out to Roadhouse Grill and had a great Valentine's weekend special there.  Mary had lunch with Grandma and Grandpa and then she is spending the night and she is so excited!!