~Day 2• 239: he looks like George Washington!

August 28th

This morning when I got up, I came into the living room and saw this. Ashton was lying on the couch and he appeared to be asleep, but I don't think he really was. I couldn't rouse him. He was a good faker. 

Tonight, Cailee came out and showed me the coins that she still had left over from the tooth fairy coming. She had to model them. She had different faces for pose she made. 

I had every intention of going to bed early tonight. My eyes were very heavy and I was very tired. But I happened to look on the TV schedule and saw 'Great Performances.' The Vienna Philharmonic was playing. So of course I turned it on to see what they were playing. They started with Edward Grieg's Piano Concerto, played some Strauss waltzes (naturally! They are in Vienna!), some Grieg peer gynt and Sibelius' Finlandia! I stayed up to watch the whole thing. I even have some kids come out to watch with me. Of course they got tickled to the sound of the piano music, in time with it. It was fun. 

The pianist was very good. And Cailee kept saying "he looks like George Washington!" I didn't  think so, but she can think that. It was cute. Then, she had to get up and start playing the piano just like the guy on tv was doing. She was getting into it and was very fluent in her movements.  Ashton came out and just snuggled a bit while we looked for clarinets. Brookie left and wanted nothing to do with the music after I quit tickling her.  Maybe she will come around when she's older and decide it's not too bad. We will see!