Our catalogue of musical instruments for Eve grows by the day. The newest addition, which has been a great hit is the Lights and Sounds Drum by the Early Learning Centre. We picked it up for £1.50 in the baby charity shop. Such a great find.
It has different settings on the sides which can be tapped to trigger music and sounds. The top of it can be hit to make sounds, it also lights up at the same time in a variety of colours. It can be rolled along the ground on it's side too, which starts the music playing and the lights flashing.
Sam and I are both passionate about music and feel that play-time with instruments is very important. Eve is a lucky girl and also has a rainbow xylophone, and a ukelele from the charity shop Sue Ryder. The ukelele was really good value for money, plus the money goes to help care for people in Sue Ryder's hospices and neurological care centres.
There are a number of children's xylophones out there, so you can choose the type that you prefer for your child: plastic, wooden or metal. We love our wooden one, it's been perfectly made even though it's for kids. Each note is different and accurate.
One small instrument she is not keen on is the kazoo. After listening to Bill Bailey talk about an experience getting stopped at customs with a kazoo I remembered that we have one on our memory shelves in the hallway.
I started tooting away on it at Eve, she looked rather worried. Sam told me to stop but I thought she might end up liking the sound - but no, she burst into tears!
Saturday marked the start of Eve's first vocal recording in Daddy's studio. Sam is very inspired at the moment and is working on a brilliant concept album. Eve and I went in this morning to see what he was doing, she liked grabbing hold of the studio mic so Dad quickly recorded her. Needless to say the tiny sounds (shrieks!) that she made with a bit of reverb sound amazing on the track.
I can't post a link to it yet as it's still a big work in progress. But you can see the screenshot below of her vocal in the recording. Eve's sounds are the bits in turquoise at the bottom.
Dancing about the flat with Eve is something that both Sam and I love to do. Whether it's to music on the radio whilst I'm washing up, a music channel on tv (we're so old now that we like to have the Vintage music channel on), or dancing to Daddy's music, Eve always seems to enjoy it as she waves her arms around wildly.
We also find that if Eve is upset with teething pain or similar, taking her into the studio to listen to relaxing music is very soothing for her and definitely calms her down. She shares her bedroom with Dad's studio so it's a good thing she likes it.
Eve playing the pads on Maschine in Daddy's studio
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