What tires me ...
Face it - being with and entertaining your children is not for the energy-less.
What is even more draining is coaching them. Take me - I've been sitting with Nigel for the past hour helping him with his piano. Wow, I didn't even realise it was a whole hour. And it that one hour, my emotions ranged from pride, to anger, to frustration, even to outright violence occasionally where I want to wring his neck with my bare hands!!
He is improving, thankfully. But I guess his pace is a bit too slow for me - but what can I expect. 5 year old boy? Playing piano? Not many people have the patience to ask him to sit still, stop fidgeting, concentrate - but when you throw in making him read the notes, play in the correct octave, don't forget the sharps, it's 2 counts instead of 1 and it's like ... er, really painful. I think I'm the only one who has the endurance to do that - and when he completes his first piano concert recital at the Esplanade, he better get to that microphone and thank me. :)
What is even more draining is coaching them. Take me - I've been sitting with Nigel for the past hour helping him with his piano. Wow, I didn't even realise it was a whole hour. And it that one hour, my emotions ranged from pride, to anger, to frustration, even to outright violence occasionally where I want to wring his neck with my bare hands!!
He is improving, thankfully. But I guess his pace is a bit too slow for me - but what can I expect. 5 year old boy? Playing piano? Not many people have the patience to ask him to sit still, stop fidgeting, concentrate - but when you throw in making him read the notes, play in the correct octave, don't forget the sharps, it's 2 counts instead of 1 and it's like ... er, really painful. I think I'm the only one who has the endurance to do that - and when he completes his first piano concert recital at the Esplanade, he better get to that microphone and thank me. :)