Above is Ann De George, the mom who often gets these things done, and manages to recruit me (sometimes)To tell the truth, for this kind of stuff. I'm really not the type. But I'll do a little bit. Just like my street sweeping is a little bit.
I met Annissa Esaibi-George. Unfortunately I had already voted and I had voted for myself twice in protest. Had I heard what she stands for on the way in. I would have voted for her. (Like I said I voted for myself twice.) But she won anyway.
Let's move on to Shao's violin lesson
Shao learns Suzuki Violin from Lisa Goddard. (Click on her name and it will go to her webiste if you are interested in Violin lessons in JP.) She had a neck injury. But still manages to play and teach.
Shao kept talking about the neck brace and how it looks like "something Star Wars." He was also fascinated by the tuning device. Red means sharp? or Flat? What's sharp and flat? What's that? He said pointing to the intercom. I know your procrastination game Shao. Play your songs. But Lisa answered his questions and directed him toward the lesson gently. I'm more patient with other people's children too.
He actually listens to her a lot more than he listens to me.
Here is Lisa playing using a scarf that enables her to play the violin. Pretty cool huh? Shao has a Group lesson/performance coming up next week. So they played a little duet. Lisa played Harmony. "It's like two sounds." Said Noah. He had trouble playing his "sounds." She also played and introduction, or "insterduction" as he would call it. It threw him off a little.
Where is Dai Dai in all this? Right there. Humming along.
Shao needes to learn to play closer to the bridge. Dai Dai takes note. He also takes off his socks and throws them at me.
And then tucks his feet under the blanket.
And kicks them up and down to amuse himself.
This week Shao has to work on "Go tell Aunt Rhody" and "Oh Come Little Children" specifically the Up bows. Then he is to work on the A arpegio. a, c#, e, high a, and then back down again.
We took the bus because I don't want the kids biking with me at night. Plus I've noticd Shao gets sick when ever we bike. It's too much of a physical strain for him.
Look it's Dark already because of the time change.
That's Il Panino behind us by the way. Maybe I'll do a little post about them. I always hear the moms at the playground talking about it. I actually don't care, but obviously people do. I'll just ask what they think and maybe go there like a food blogger.
The reward for good violin practice is Shao can touch the Tomohawk I bought. It was cheap and made in China. I couldn't resist buying it. It's a sickness I know. Oh why are we holding the Tomohawk near an innocent Jack O' Lantern?
Well the first pumpkin we carved rotted. I wanted to eat this one before that happened. To eat it, one must cut it. Why cut it by myself when...
Shao can help.
Dai Dai too. Sorry Dai Dai, no sharp objects for you yet. I don't trust your motor skills, (or lack thereof.)
A few hits. Okay it's Shao's turn again.
Right in there.
Oooo Mommy's not going to like this. Good thing she's coming home late... ding dong. Oh shit.
Well that was yesterday. Today I biked through Dorchester. One of my little back back burner projects is trying to set up a middle school in Chinatown. A private school that would be Mandarin or at least Chinese Immersion. I can't do it myself. But the goal of the school would be to create a more cohesive community. The gentrifiers, the new immigrants, the old timers... if they are all part of the same school, Chinatown can still be Chinatown... culturally... even if it is diverse racially and economically. But more on that later.
A physical school is a lot harder to set up than a blog. But... I sort of did help set up the CCBA library. I didn't do much. I just sent an e-mail with some suggestions for .. actually I blogged about it. Books and Libraries. I didn't do any of the leg work. All I'm saying is, there wasn't a library. Then I blogged about it and e-mailed certain people... and now there is a library. (click on that link to see a post on the Chinatown Blog I did. Actually I have to update it with some better pictures.) Not a lot of people know about it.
Oh yeah I was going to do something about that. Events or something.
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