Gentle Hands, originally uploaded by cheryl.
Yes, just what we needed. Something else in our house that makes a lot of noise. But there it is. And two of the boys are thrilled. The third didn't even acknowledge its presence. Buster hid every time the other two "played" it.
This is actually Grammy's piano. It's been at her house as long as I've been around the family, but Grammy decided it was time to treat herself to a new piano, so this one got passed down to us, as the boys have enjoyed "playing" it at her house quite a bit.
The good news is that - for the most part - the boys are rather gentle with it. They finger more than they bang. But clearly, as you can see from the photo, sometimes the temptation to bang is a little too much. Xander is much more likely to regress than Connor, but they both have their moments.
Today was the first day it was really set up and in place. The boys "played" probably twenty different times during the day. Most were short-lived, five or ten minutes, but they kept coming back for more.
So we're going to be a music house, apparently. Well, some of us anyway ...