Swimming and Drums

Weekends are slowly packed with the kids' activities. They have their arts and craft lesson on Saturday morning, and swimming in the late afternoon. In between, there is no time to do much except than to chill out at home.

Chloe started her swimming lesson. Coincidentally, the timing is the same as Lucas's. Very convenient for the parents. The lesson is more of an introduction to be comfortable with water than swimming. She refused to put her head under water after her second attempt. I think it will take some time to overcome the water fear. Meanwhile, Lucas is practicing his free style. Last week, I saw the coach teaching him to do back stroke.

Lucas with his swimming mates listening to the coach.

 

Chloe was taught to climb up from the pool and jump to the pool. Daddy has to be in the pool with her.

 



Lucas practicing his drums.

The grandparents were worried loud noise from the drum will make him deaf, and got him a pair of ear muffs.

Drum Concert

Lucas had his drum performance today. He has been practicing the song for 2 months. When I asked why was he on the same song for so long, he said the teacher wanted him to play that song perfectly.

I must said he did play well today. After his performance, I asked if he was afraid of the audience, he confidently said NO. I guess that is a good practice for him....to overcome any stage fright.

 

I do not have a good picture of him playing, except for the video, and can't upload the video here....:(

 

Drum

Lucas had a month of drum class when he was 4. He asked for it and I sent him. The teacher said he was too short. His legs can't reach the bass drum pedal. The teacher said come back when you are 6. When he was 6 and a half, we went back. The teacher looked at him and said, ok, you can take the class now. He has been going for the class for 3 months now. I did not go inside his class, so I have no idea how was he doing. But I always tell him that he must show some enthusiasm when he plays drum. Teacher doesn't like to teach students who doesn't show much interest, I said. It was funny. Once in a while when I was driving him to his class, I asked if he has shown some enthusiasm, he replied, "Yes".
Now, to practice he needs a drum set at home. It is really a challenge. Drum is noisy (for the acoustic) and bulky. We are hesitant to buy one set and he then decided to quit after a few months. We went drum shopping. The teacher recommends Roland. Roland is an electric drum set where you can play to hear on the headset only or via speaker. One gets to control the volume and it is less bulky. We found one set today. Lucas loved it. He played non stop while we were at the shop. But the problem is, it is not exactly cheap. RM6000 (US$2000) plus RM2000 (US$700) for the speakers. If he stays with his interest, it is worth it. If he loses his interest after a year, this is going to be expensive.
I told him maybe we will get it for his birthday if he is still serious about drum by then.