Monday Monday :)

Another winter day, more chilly weather! The girls got home from school, happy to have their friend from next door here. I've been looking after her & her older sister after school for 2 days a week since their mom got a new job back in the fall & wasn't able to line up childcare right away. Starting tomorrow, they'll be going to a daycare so this was their last day with us. None of them are happy about it! LOL It will probably be easier for the parents only having to deal with one place and not having to scramble around each week to find people to cover different days. My girls really liked having them here on Mondays & Tuesdays though and will miss the playtime!

In my Monday running around, I picked up Murray's skis with new boots and bindings so hopefully he won't freeze to death on our outings anymore. The upgrade is a birthday gift from his parents but he's already seen it so we've totally blown the element of surprise! I suggest he & Sweetie go check out a new trail some snowshoers had made and the 2 of them took off on that little adventure.

While they were gone, Lovey did her violin practice. Having me listen to the practice is a bit like getting a blind man to check your spelling. I have no clue if it's right! She's working on a few pieces that are starting to sound vaguely familiar but I can't read music & have no clue which notes are which or what they're supposed to sound like. I'm just the chauffeur to get her to her lesson & relay any messages back to Murray about what she's supposed to be working on. As she played "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" the beginning sounded right but then it sort of seemed to go off the rails but I wasn't really sure and there wasn't anyone to ask. YouTube to the rescue! I was able to find another kid playing the same piece from the same book. I set her up with my earphones and told her to listen & try to play along. This seemed to help a lot! The song sounded much better, if the 8yr old on YouTube isn't leading her astray! I only felt slightly guilty in pawning off the leadership to the internet. I'll call it "making use of available resources" and leave it at that ok????? She thought it was FANTASTIC! "I LOVE practicing this way! It's SO MUCH fun!!!!!!!!!!" She practiced for at least half an hour altogether so I can't argue with that!

In the meantime, Honey was holed up in her room DS'ing herself into oblivion and didn't surface until after the skiers returned. She was a little miffed that they'd gone without her! Hey, you can't expect to keep up on what's going on if you're hiding out! Besides, everyone should get a little one on one with Daddy & she's had lots of outings lately with her new found love of hockey games!