supervising from the couch: The Honeymoon Phase

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Honeymoon Phase

After some serious begging, Ellie started piano lessons on Monday, and is loving it. Her practicing is punctuated with questions like, "If I finish playing everything five times, can I still keep practicing?" Today she's got a friend over, and they spent at least another twenty minutes playing songs for each other. Any bets on how long this enthusiasm will last?

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Jer said...: You never know--I had to beg my mom for lessons too, and I'm still loving it. :) Yay for Ellie--your kids are so adorable/awesome!; January 13, 2011 at 8:32 PM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.