I admit, teaching piano is not always fun for me. It takes way too much time away from my kids. While other families are out swimming every day during the summer, I'm stuck at home three days a week teaching 16 kids how to play piano, and most of them hate every minute of it. What I do love, though, is when they find a song that thy love and can't get enough of and they practice until they have it memorized. I love it when they "catch the fever" and practice so regularly that they sail through 3 levels in one year. I also have to admit, the money is not only necessary, but great. And yes--I love it when I get gifts. This week I had a brother and sister return from a month in Japan where they were visiting family, as the do every year, and they brought me the neatest gift!! Inside this cute little bag, wrapped in beautiful pink rice paper was a box of Japanese sugar candies made from wasanbon, a fine grained Japanese sugar.
I don't know if I'll be able to bring myself to eat them. They are too pretty. My kids are dying to try them, though, so maybe I won't have a choice.
Here she is with all of her cousins who were able to come. I'm not sure what the sunglasses are all about, but it's funny. Believe it our not, for three days, all of these kids and their parents, my parents, Jason's mom and brother all stayed with us in our house during a record-setting heat wave, and with only one shower. That's how the best memories are made!
