captive audience

E is preparing for her first piano competition. For the last month we've been hearing E's performance piece, "Big Chief Indian" (very PC, I know!) at least five times a day. The buh bum bump bum, buh bum bump bum, "war dance song" is stuck in all of our heads, even J can hum it!

Well today during practice, J really wanted to play with E. He could not be otherwise occupied and would just bang on the keys and shout "E!E!EEEEEE!" at her as she tried to play. I had to persistently tell her to ignore the poor little guy, and he eventually stormed off. Then he came back in the room with his little foam Elmo chair, put it in front of the piano and sat down to listen. Can't beat 'em join 'em I guess. It was very cute.

Two more weeks of the Chief though! That competition can't come soon enough.