Music Classes

Kate & I started her Musikgarten classes at the Sun Prairie Music Academy yesterday. She loved it! There were four other kids; two boys, two girls, although they were all about 18-24 months, so Kate was the youngest one there. It didn't matter, though; Kate absolutely loved it! She has a fantastic sense of rhythm; she was bouncing along to the beat of the teacher's guitar, and I could tell that the teacher was quite surprised that this little 10.5 month old was keeping the beat so well!

We sang a bunch of songs, and each child had the opportunity to play these two xylophone "keys" (I don't know how else to describe them; big blocks of wood, like an oversized piano key, with an A note on one and a D note on the other). I of course had to help Kate, but she looked so proud that she was doing what the other kids were doing, even if I had to help. There was a lot of dancing, too; overall it was just so much fun and I could tell Kate really enjoyed it. It will be even more fun when she gets to the age when she can run around and dance like these kids do!

Plus, it's nice for me because all the other moms seem really nice, and the teacher said that most weeks they all walk over to the coffee shop down the street and hang out for a bit, so that'll be a fun way for Kate and I to meet with new people. We didn't do it yesterday, though, because it was snowing pretty heavily, and I think most people just wanted to get home! (Plus, it was Kate's nap time, so I didn't want to risk a meltdown!)