Thank You!

I can no longer say "thank you" without hearing Ezra's little voice saying it in my head. We have some how taught him the wrong usage of the phrase. When he hands us the clean dishes out of the dishwasher we say "thank you" to each thing he hands us. Well, now he thinks that when you hand somebody something you say, "thank you". So all day long I hear him saying "tank youuuuu" and find him trying to hand me his apple, shoes, crayons, you name it. Oh well, I'm sure he'll figure it out at some point. :)

But the real usage of thank you here is for RYAN! Just two days after his birthday celebration, I received an early birthday present...





Ryan and I are not usually gift givers, so this was a super thoughtful gift and surprise (though I did find out about it before the delivery).

Ryan knew I had been checking Craigslist for pianos for a while now...just daydreaming and wishing we had a piano. I don't really even play. I just love the idea of having a piano in our living room as a way to welcome in music and anyone who wants to play a few notes.

Well, Mr. Icanfindeverygooddealoncraigslist scored us this great piano for FREE!! All he had to do was pick it up! (I really shouldn't say all he had to do, because I know a lot of time went into finding it, and pianos are not exactly light to move around.)

We had planned on taking off the mirror on top because it had a big crack in it, and replacing it with maybe some cool tile artwork or something, but when we took off the mirror we found that that it got even better.... (and that it is from 1903!)


Needless to say, there has been lots of music-making in our midst...and I'm totally loving every minute of it!