{9} Thankful

{9} Good music

Sweet Ava dear has always been sensitive to music. One of my mom's favorite stories is when Ava stared at the radio for 3 entire songs as Michael Buble crooned. And she was only 5 months old! Because of this, my mom has always encouraged me to play more classical music in my house. I haven't been very good at following through. I mean, when I'm in the mood to listen to music (which sadly doesn't happen very often any more...dang distractions!), I'm usually in the pump it up kind of mood. Well last week I turned the radio to classical. What do you know, Ava goes ON and ON about how much she loves it. "Pretty music!" and "I like it!" Tonight she requested to listen to music and so Erik put on Yo-Yo Ma (it should be mentioned that I have a not-so-secret urge to push her to play the cello). Ava was in heaven. I told her it was a cello playing and then we found this youtube video for Ava to watch. She was enraptured.

"Play the cello" "It's pretty!" I'm so grateful for good music and for the means and opportunity I have to expose her to such good things. Her love of music is also a good reminder of how influential music can be - for good or bad, and I want to make sure my home is filled with the good!