Monthly Archives: April 2006

Liam Update

Today is official Ruin Liam’s Fun Day. Everything he tries to pick up or pull up on, we take away from him. Poor kid.

I may have to move my computer tower to the other side of my desk where it’s under the shelves and less accessible. He’s becoming interested in the slots and buttons, and has already unplugged the router twice this morning. Everything’s at his level, which makes it especially fascinating.

Two days ago he said “Dada” to HRH, who was totally cooled out. HRH had been trying very hard not to be jealous of the fact that Liam had “Mama” down a week or so ago. So now we have Mama, Dada, Hi!, and Cat. Sometimes they’re even strung together (Hi cat! Hi Dada!). He doesn’t say it often, or every time he sees something, but he assigns the right word to the thing he’s seeing when he does say it. Or he’ll say the word and then look around for what he’s named.

He’s getting really good at pulling himself up on things like the chesterfield, the coffee table, my printer, and his toy basket. The funniest thing lately is that Liam keeps trying to give Maggie his toys. He holds them out to her with an eager expression on his face, and she just sort of looks at them and then looks away. And he’s got the mobility thing down pat, which is great. I can put him on the kitchen floor when I’m working in there, give him a couple of Fisher Price Roll-a-Round balls, and he chases them all over the room.

For The Record

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I know there’s more, I just can’t think of it all at the moment. And because my computer time is limited, things aren’t going to be fixed overnight.

Concert Review!

We gave a brilliant all-Mozart concert last night! All of it was great, but I’m particularly pleased with the symphony we played in the second half. It’s full of dynamic changes and sixteenth-note runs that never seem to end, and I’m very proud of my own performance as well as that of everyone else. We nailed the final Presto movement beautifully. It was one of those “in the cello zone” times that happens now and again, where you realise that nothing’s going to go wrong and the whole thing’s just going to flow. And flow it did: I played those runs better than I’d ever played them. (Flow may not be the best word; that finale is like a freight train once it starts… it’s not stopping for anybody.)

Thanks go out to everyone who came by to be a member of the audience, those who attend every concert and those who came by for the very first time. I truly appreciate your support! We had about a hundred people there to hear us, and I know they all went home satisfied.

And since you’re all dying to know what we’re playing for Canada Day, I can tell you that there will be symphonic selections from Beethoven and Schubert and Mozart during the first half, and selections from twentieth century operettas and musicals for the second half. Followed, of course, by church bells and fireworks as always!