Practice, practice, practice

Today was the opposite of yesterday: lazy morning in which Shannon took all her kids to a home school group social thing until noon and Hannah and I spent the hours practicing, playing on the computer and watching The Little Rascals in the quiet house all by ourselves; then a busy afternoon. Pretty soon after lunch, it was off to rehearsal and then soccer practice for Lindsay, dinner, games and an after-the-boys-are-in-bed trip to the grocery store for me, Hannah and Shannon.

Rehearsal went pretty well. The Japanese teachers complimented us almost right off after they asked us to play through our song: "We can tell you have been using metronome." Then they proceeded to give us several more spots to work on, adding dynamics to some of the old skill spots. I was glad to hear Tyler say we played a lot more together today. He should know - he's been at every one of our rehearsals so far.

Tyler, Hannah and I have all been working hard refining our performance pieces (Tyler is doing Happy Farmer). Hannah especially is very dedicated. She's a good example of diligence and very willing to help me with or discuss the K. 545. She's also in high demand for helping Tyler and Nathaniel with their piano practices.

When we're not practicing, the hours continue to fly by with fun outings, games and yummy food. Shannon is amazing.