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Budding Musicians?

Derek went to Berklee College of Music and is a very talented musician. His parents have belonged to various singing groups for years, and his brother excelled in musical theatre. I played clarinet all through school, my sister has a master's degree is flute, and my mother has a beautiful singing voice. What first drew me to Derek's match.com profile was our mutual love of music. To say that we hope Silas & Zoe inherited some of our musical abilities and passion for music is an understatement!

Our friends, Ricky and Heidi, have a 33-month-old daughter, Holly. Ricky is also a musician and Holly shows quite an interest in music as well. We have seen Ricky, Heidi & Holly a few times this summer and it seems the little kids always end up playing with some musical toy.

Here they are at a BBQ at The Pritchard's house last month,



We were at their house again today, and Holly has this awesome Melissa and Doug piano. Silas & Zoe LOVED it!

Zoe took a turn first,


And then Silas. He sat there banging on the keys for nearly 20 minutes!


They even played together. It was melt-your-heart cute!


I think we'll be buying one of these magical pianos in the coming months!

Derek, whose instrument of choice is the drums, showed Silas a schtick or two this morning, using a cake pan and the bottom of a broiler pan.



After a day full of musicial endeavors, I pulled the Leapfrog table out again. They haven't played with it since we re-arranged the furniture last weekend, and it was a welcome addition to the toyspace this afternoon!

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