School Notes

• Trey is learning to play the viola. I have a love/hate relationship with that instrument. I'm beyond thrilled that he is enjoying orchestra so much. I'm proud of him, because he practices every day without my asking him. His teacher is suggesting private lessons for him because he's doing very well and could go far if he continues to put forth effort like he does now. But right now, the viola is not such a beautiful sounding instrument. There are lots of screeches, and wrong notes, and he always waits to practice at 8:oo pm when I'm trying to get Ky to bed, and my shows are coming on. It's hard to watch "Private Practice" with violas screeching in the background. I can't hear the volleying back and forth between Addison and Pete and I know I'm going to miss some good repartee. I know this too shall pass, and there will come a time when I will beg to hear the viola once again playing in my suddenly silent house but there is just so much that this mama can take right now.


• Kyle is loving kindergarten. He's such a Know-it-all, that it's getting him in trouble. He argued with his teacher and got sent back to the end of the line. She acknowledged to me that he WAS right, but she needed him to know that he can't argue with adults. Then he argued with the substitute last week. Again, from the sound of it, he was right, but he hasn't learned when to stand up for himself and when it's best to keep quiet. Poor baby---he has his mama's sense of fairness and this time, that's probably not so good. I was always getting in trouble at school for doing what I thought was just standing up for myself. Unfortunately the teachers always took that as arguing also.