Summer School

I decided that we would focus on music this summer. Cody will do guitar lessons and Travis will go back to the piano. They will both show Meleah how to do both and by putting her desire off a little, hopefully that will increase her willingness in the future.
Cody wanted to continue in both but unfortunately money doesn't grow well here, only weeds and elm trees. He has had two lessons so far and is just very thrilled. He has always loved to fiddle around with anything so I am sure he will continue to do well. He is helping out with our little kids choir(I am not sure that you could call it that. We have a lot of shyness to overcome.) We are practicing a hymn for Reunion with all the kids, after about 10 minutes of practicing he had the right hand figured out enough to help us with the song. He did have the realization, "If I play the piano, I don't have to sing." I am not sure that is a good thing but we shall see.
Travis started his piano lessons yesterday. I had called numerous teachers and agreed to a few but for some reason didn't feel right about either one and cancelled on them. A homeschool mom I met told me that her mom does lessons but she may not have room for more students. I called and left a message. I did pray through this process because I didn't know any of these people and I want the kids to want to continue. Well, this dear lady called me back.  She is wonderful, she said that her whole goal is to have the students enjoy piano. She just seemed an answer to pray and that it felt right.
We pulled up to the church, they live next door to their church and she does lessons at the church, Travis tells me he is NOT GOING IN! (Remember track practice, this is his first response to everything. Hopefully, this is something we can overcome as he gets older.) I told him we are going to just try it out and see how he likes it. She describes herself as a "nut". Which, for Travis who likes anything that makes him giggle, is perfect. She seems to have a pleasant teaching style. He has forgotten a bunch since last year but he should pick it up quickly.
I plan to have him "teach" Meleah and I so that she can pick up a few things, myself as well, plus I am hoping that it will be "his" thing.
I laugh when people ask if we are done with school because the answer is always, "Yes and no."