Dear Conor,
We signed you up for Music Class. Now, I know you are wondering why Daddy and I seem to always be taking you places and signing you up for activities. Truth be told its because you enjoy them! You loved swimming (so much so that you are signed up for the next session) and you love when we sing to you and any toy that has a sound component to it so we thought music class would be a great fall activity.
We are taking your class through the
Little Music Maker and we had your first class on Friday, September 7th. The class is held in Portland so you took your morning nap on the way to class. You have several friends in class with you which seemed to make you very comfortable with the class right from the start.
When we arrived you went straight to the drum which was in the middle of the circle and your friend Baby C was banging on it.
The music teacher is very nice and she had lots of songs for us Mommies to sing and lots of things for you babies to do! She had a bucket of music eggs. They must have little pebbles of sand in them because they make a sandy sound when you shake them. You participated in that a little bit but what you really wanted to do was EAT the eggs! You have started teething aggressively again and the poor eggs didn't stand a chance!
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| Passing out the shaking eggs - Mommies were supposed to shake the eggs to the beat of the music and encourage babies to mimic. |
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| No shaking by you Con-man - just chewing! |
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| Hoarding the eggs from your friends Baby C and B! |
After the egg shaking there was a basket of musical instruments brought out for all the babies and Mommies to experiment with. There were bells, shakers, noise sticks, and so many other things....
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| maracas and a penguin tambourine were just some of the things in the basket |
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| bells |
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| and a whale clacker! |
After the magic basket was put away we danced with silky scarves to different types of music, read a musical story about the Mother Duck and her ducklings, and then it was time for a goodbye song.
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| Baby G watching Miss Ellie sing the Goodbye song |
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| Conor listening to the Goodbye song |
Of course, we couldn't leave until you had tried playing the guitar - just once!
You seemed to have a great time at music class so I can't wait to take you again! Daddy is also going to take you on some Fridays so we will both get to experience music class with you!
xoxo
Mommy
