Wednesday, October 13, 2010

We're a Muscial Family

Mrs. Mary Beasley offers Kindermusik at St.Paul's and we've been taking these classes since Tyler was about 3 months old. We've been taking classes every fall and spring and we've done so many that we're now repeating most of the classes. I think this has been such a great experience for our family. Tyler has always seemed to enjoy himself and he's especially comfortable with Mrs. Beasley now. I wasn't so sure I was going to do it this Fall because they're Wednesday mornings from 9:15-10:30 and it's the exact time of Matty's nap. On the other hand, both Adam and I thought it would be something Matty would enjoy and we wanted to keep things as equal as possible with both boys. Tyler loves it and this is the first class that he actually sings all the songs and participates very well. Sometimes I have to talk to him about "sharing Mrs. Beasley" because he's always wanting to sit on her lap and be close. Matthew is enjoying himself too. Some days he has a harder time than others because he seems to get so sleepy. Today (the 5th class) was probably the best class for Matty because he was clapping along at different times and really observing everyone and mimicking them more than his usual roaming/exploring self.
There are many Kindermusik mornings I greet Tyler with our song "We're a musical Family" and he jumps up and starts singing along too. This morning he decided he wanted to wear his new halloween costume, a teddy bear, to class. We usually call some of his teddys "Fuzzy Wuzzy" and when I did that to Ty, he said "no Mommy my name is Tuzzy because it starts with the letter T for Tyler." So instead of Tyler coming to class today, everyone called him Tuzzy-hilarious! And just for the record, he dressed up as Super Music Man for our last class with his cape and crown! I love the imagination and Mrs. Beasley is such a good sport about it!
The above picture cracks me up because I can see Matty under the table and it's definitely one of his favorite spots to explore. This picture was taken at the end of class when we were singing our good bye song. I'm so glad we've decided to do it this fall because it's such a comfortable, relaxed environment and a good opportunity to expose the boys to something new.

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