Summer 2012 Violin

April 22, 2012

One more week to go before the end of the month comes. Our month has flown by with relatively filled and relaxed days.

The first week started with the holy week so most of the activities were home bound, plus TM had accepted a writing task that pretty much kept her busy the whole week.

We managed to join an Easter egg painting and hunting at a local department store. It wasn’t that easy for us as first timers. I came to realized that art can also be mentally challenging. I saw how P furrowed his brow on concentrating as he figured out how he’ll design his egg. I may also consider the field of arts for him next time. He needs more exposure to that.

On our list this month is the field of musical arts. P has scheduled to join a two- week violin lesson for this summer. We are currently half way through it and so far so good. Starting from sound zero, there has been some improvement after a week plus plenty of follow up learning and practice at home. 

The Hobbit and a Tooth!

P has finished reading "the Hobbit" today --- within one day!(That's 24 hours, more or less) We've decided that he might try it this summer break but he didn't start reading it right away. It took almost two weeks before he did. 

Teacher Dad and Mom had thought about starting his summer reading list right after the final examination week at school. The first books were "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien. He first read the Dolphins. Then a few more books in between before he started the Hobbit. 

Personally, I think that the latter should be read a little later. It seems a bit early for him although I know that it will be a delightful read. Nonetheless, with what he has already read so far, he did enjoy reading it. As much as TM would want to do it chapter by chapter, I thoroughly understand that once you start reading the book, you just can't wait to turn to the next page. 

I wouldn't want to have him start on the LotR anytime soon. As much as it was very interesting for me, it is just a bit too dark for him.

Another interesting thing to start the month today is removing his upper incisor, the one right next to his upper right canine (upper lateral incisor). DH noticed it was already loose yesterday and decided to have it removed A.S.A.P.  After checking it closely, I also found that there is already a little whitish tooth coming out pretty soon. It took a lot of convincing and coaxing before P relented to tie a thread around the tooth to remove it. Fortunately, the ice cream-on-a-bike was around our area and it helped to dangle a reward for the ordeal. :D

We have to keep an eye on the other lateral incisor for the next few days as it may be the next one to be removed. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there will be another sweet-cold treat around by that time.