This morning was Mimi's very first ever piano lesson. Ever since coming home from China way back when, Mimi has always loved music (she is now a "Rockstar" or so she says) and always loved sitting down on the bench to tinkle the ivories. For almost a year now mom has been searching for a teacher but could never find one to suit our needs.
Finally one day Mimi and mom were driving down the highway near our home and saw a sign for piano lessons. Then mom lost the number and went back to where she saw the sign and the sign was GONE! A few days later mom found the number and gave the teacher a jingle. Ms. Celia sounded very nice on the phone but she was just a smidgen apprehensive about teaching piano to a 5 year old. She said that most 5 year olds don't have the attention span that is needed to sit for a half hour to learn the keyboard and notes but let's give it a try anyways. So we did.
Mom went down to the local music store and they all knew Ms. Celia and helped mom with finding the necessary books. Mimi took to Ms. Celia right away and was very comfortable at the piano. Ms. Celia said that Mimi did so well that she just skipped pages 1-19 in the book and went straight to page 20. By the time the lesson was done, Mimi had learned a short song to play titled "Batter Up" and was quite proud of herself and so was I.
