Taylor has been taking piano lessons for about six months and is doing really well. She had her first "recital" this weekend to an adoring audience of family and friends. Her cousins are taught by their grandmother, so they were kind enough to include us in one of their "at-home" recitals. She did a wonderful job and everyone was impressed with how far she's come in such a short time!I think music lessons are a necessary evil and rite of childhood. All children should be made to yell at their mothers for making them practice. All mothers should be made to yell at their children to practice more. It's just the way things are. Because eventually they'll grow up and thank you that they're able to play, right? Even despite the ranting and raving, I can tell that Taylor is pleased with and proud of her new found talent. She will just never give me the satisfaction of overtly enjoying it!