Music class, Lesson two

Another picture from our visit to see Dave, Cath and Lola last weekend. I suppose kids naturally take to objects that make a noise, especially when they are able to press or pull something that causes the noise. Kirin first started tickling the ivories at Christmas at the Lethbridge house. My parents still have the same piano from our childhood. No one has played it for about 25 years and is it has remained horribly out of tune for ages. But my mum has always refused to sell it becuase on one of the piano legs, there are some teeth marks that I left by biting into it when I was very young. I can't quite remember the details but I think it was something to do with sitting at the feet of my brother or sister while they were practising.

Our son, the young Lothario

As I have mentioned in an earlier post, Kirin is a serial cuddler. More recently, he has begun to develop into a bit of a smoocher, too. This is Lola, daughter of Dave and Cath, who will be a year old on February 27th. We visited them at the weekend and, as you can see, the two kids got on well. I should add that they were both encouraged by their very enthusiastic mothers.

Lovely gifts

One of the first stuffed animals that Kirin has enjoyed playing with is Leapie, an Australian frog sent to him by Auntie Sarah. It was the first cuddly toy he really was ever interested in and it remains a favourite to this day.

He is also wearing another notable gift on his feet. When he was born, Auntie Sara in Vancouver sent over these lovey slippers which are made by a company based in north Vancouver. He started wearing them a lot at Christmas, when we were in Canada, and now loves them.