Lifes Like That

Yesterday when I went to the school to pick up my daughter after violin practice, I took her violin with me to show to her teacher to see if it would be suitable for her to use this year.  Unfortunately the violin is way to big for her so she won’t be able to use it this year.  The only good thing about it is that it is too big and not too small which means she will eventually grow into it.  But, we already paid the money for the violin rental from the school, so she will still get to play.  She was so…looking forward to being able to use the violin that her grandfather bought her, but we will have to put it away for another year.  She’s OK with it now though as she realizes that she still gets to play this year and that’s all that matters.

The one thing that I have discovered in life is that the older your kids get, the harder it is to find them a suitable Christmas gift. My oldest son is 18 and I really have no clue as to what he would like for Christmas this year. But, since he lives out on his own now I made the decision to purchase him a Samsonite luggage set. So, once my mind was made up, I went out and purchased this luggage set. Now if only I could figure out what to purchase my other two children, I will have this Christmas shopping pretty much wrapped up. Being only seven and nine, I really don’t think that they would appreciate a luggage set of their own. LOL