Captive Audience

During the past few years, I haven't played the piano all that often, partly due to lack of time and energy, but also due to a lack of audience. And since I feel guilty indulging in a hobby that is completely self-serving, my piano hasn't gotten a heavy workout for quite some time.

But...now I have a captive audience! Caleb can't run away screaming from the sound of my piano giving my out of shape fingers a workout or from my fingers working out a new piece of music. In fact, Caleb seems to enjoy live music. It's one way I've found of calming him down when he's not tired, not hungry, not dirty--just cranky. He can be in full bore crying and after a few measures of music, he's quiet. Needless to say, I am enjoying playing the piano, as well as being able to calm my crying son!