Doesn't It Just Figure:)

Isaac plays the cello. Well...he sort of plays the cello!! I take him to the Middle School bus stop, super duper early in the morning,  twice a week, so he can take lessons. Then maybe a couple of times a month he picks up the cello we have here at home and practices. The. same. two. songs!!! That's right. We pay an exorbitant amount of money each month so our son could learn Baa Baa Black Sheep for an entire school year!! Did I mention how much we pay for the cello rental? It's a lot. Isaac obviously has very good taste--just like his mama--he picked the most expensive instrument that was being offered!!


So Andy is sick of paying for the cello. Isaac is still interested in it though. Andy thought that we could sway Isaac to give it up easily enough. You know, a little bribe here, a little bribe there and POOF the cello is gone. I wasn't exactly on board with this plan but Andy seemed pretty intent on following through with it.


So Isaac comes home last Thursday all excited about his great day at school. Let me tell you this never happens so I had to get down to the bottom of his giddiness right away!! Turns out his cello instructor pulled him aside and told him how fabulous he is. Turns out he's some sort of cello SUPERSTAR when it comes to Baa Baa Black Sheep. Okay...so she may not have exactly used the word superstar...BUT we know that's what she meant when she told him that his sight reading was very good and that his playing was coming along very nice. Clearly,  he is destined for cello greatness!! We're already searching out his future bandmates so he can form the next Apocalyptica!! Okay, not really. But you know!! We're keeping the darn cello:) Maybe next year he can learn Mary Had A Little Lamb!