I didn't play my violin for several months while I was pregnant and after James was born. So when I decided a few weeks ago that I really needed to get practicing again, he was rather perturbed. He started crying when I started warming up, and when I took my violin over to show him and played a bit (softly, on the low strings) he pulled his blanket over his head and wailed. Oh my, I thought. We listen to orchestral music; why is a violin so traumatizing? Fortunately it didn't take long to get him used to it and now he's happy to sit on our bed while I practice. The other day I decided to take some pictures of them together and got this sequence. Captions are Joe's. :)
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Tune it
Pluck it
Beautiful sound!
Kiss it
To all you violinists who are having a heart attack and wondering if I lost my sanity--I do love my son much better than my violin, but I didn't let go of the violin, and I took it away right after the last picture. He didn't get a chance to chew on it. :D
No heart attack here, just a bunch of "Aww"'s one right after another. :) Kudo's to you for introducing James to the wonders of classical and violin music! ;)
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