A few days ago, while fiddling at the piano, Jaxon proclaimed, "I hear something!" He would put his ear right next to the keys and repeat the phrase with wonder. I kept telling him that he was hearing notes/music/the sound of the piano and he would look at me like I was crazy and say, "No! I hear something else!" I just thought he was being silly and so I would giggle and tell him he was a goofball.
Sadly, it took me several days to figure out what on earth he was talking about. Today, while playing the piano, myself, I suddenly became aware of a very faint clicking noise when I'd play a certain key. After a closer examination, I discovered a guitar pick stuck between two of the keys... the culprit in this mysterious clicking noise. So THAT'S what Jaxon was referring to!
A few hours later, he was back at the piano, slowly working his way up the keyboard, proclaiming, every once in a while, that he could hear something. I told him that we'd already found the guitar pick and that the "game" was over. But he was determined that he was hearing something. I sat down and played a few keys. I could hear no clicking. But, STILL, he insisted that he was hearing something. By this point, Dexter was beside him, also insisting that he could hear something. After a failed attempt at trying to convince them that we were truly all down with the pick game, I decided to humor the boys and pretend to search for more guitar picks in the piano. I grabbed a flash light and started examining the keyboard quite closely. What did I find? 27 guitar picks hidden between the keys of the piano. Yes, 27 picks!! I can only imagine that the boys made a game of hiding them in there at some point... probably last summer, when I distinctly remember wondering where all my picks were disappearing to!
What did I learn from this? 1- Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to disregard bizarre statements and requests as silly child behavior. 2- Children really DO have remarkable hearing! 3- I really need to keep better track of my guitar picks!!
1 comment:
That is SUCH a great story!!! I've learned the same thing--usually, there's at least a kernel of truth to the things Lucy says, if only I can translate it successfully!
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