Oh, The Noise, Noise, Noise, NOISE

My kids are super duper musical. They love to sing. Love to play their instruments - the band teacher says that they are ahead of the game in terms of what they should know (and I have ZERO idea if they are or not as I don't play an instrument and don't read music and really know absoultely very little about any of it).

They hum. They whistle. They sing. They hum when they eat. They grab the recorder and play a jaunty little tune as they waltz around the house. They practice the opera pieces for school. They play music on their iPods, they listen to the radio - and they whistle. They sing while doing chores. They whistle in the shower. They sing during homework, during dinner and in the car on the way to school. They hum into mouthpieces, and they whistle. Sometimes, more than one of these activites at once, and sometimes, more than three kids at once. More than FIVE kids at once.

Did I mention the whistling?

By about, oh, 8 p.m. - I start to feel like The Grinch. The NOISE.

There's no purpose to this post, I'm just saying - it's noisy over here, yo. It might be a happy noise - and it sure beats arguing - but I'd be a liar if I wasn't dreading Christmas break.

Comments

[Marie Riemer]

Whistling is banned in our house and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I cannot whistle. Nope -- ha! I just cannot stand it!

[Shelly]

I become the Grinch at 8pm about the noise too. My boys also sing, fight, yell, whistle---which I dislike the most, and sing more. One of my boys is on the spectrum and LOVES to hear noise! It is his speed. He cackles, giggles, and makes all kinds of noises to calm his busy brain. We need to record him and his sound affects to make money.

I keep telling myself...this is but for a short time....it will be okay.

[Simone]

When the noise is gone the silence is deafening! Breath deep and try to remember that you really and truly will miss the noise once it is gone - in fact it will be a cherished memory.

[Annika]

HA! I thought that said 8am, which frankly sounds totally reasonable to me.

[Nicki]

My kids are not necessarily musical, unless you count the neverending shrieking and fighting as music. No? Actually, let me rephrase that, they go in waves of liking certain songs and music, and then they don't. Add to that the youngest talks constantly and the middle one is an Aspie and some days the sound of his brother's voice makes him freak out, which makes his brother talk even more. So, basically, I am saying it is really loud here but without the benefit of music. I feel robbed somehow. Heh.

[addy]

Enjoy it while you can. It is so dreadfully quiet when they are gone .......

[kyooty]

mine play percussion! oh it's loud, but it's a different loud because it's identifiable