Violins

So about two months ago I was looking on amazon and found the cutest little violin for just 60 dollars. It was a 1/16 size and it came with an extra bridge, and extra bow, an extra set of strings  and some rosin. I talked to Jacob about it and we thought it would be way fun if our Rachel girl could play an instrument. She loves music and is always singing or "playing" the piano and she remembers words to songs really easily. I did some research and usually if you are starting little kids in lessons, they don't start until they are 3 and Rachel is only 2, but we thought it would be fun to get one and get her exposed to it and teach her the parts of the violin. Well while looking around more on amazon, I found a full size violin for the same price. We decided that if I could learn to play then when Rachel is a little bigger than I could start teaching her.

I play the cello, but because of its size it is hard to just get out and play. It is especially hard with a crawling baby around who wants to touch everything.

I have been absolutely loving playing my violin. I have played through the entire Children's Song Book, and am working my way through the hymn book. I am working on the 2nd Suzuki book as well. It has been so fun to create so much music in my home lately.

Rachel loves to get her violin down and play songs with mommy! She is doing much better too. At first she would only pluck the strings, but now she is actually using the bow and putting it on the strings too! I love it! I'm excited for when she can actually start playing songs too and we can play together!