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The Drums Are Here

Paul — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:28:30 +0000

The moment that Susan has been looking forward to has arrived. Tyler’s new drums came this weekend and I got them together before he got here today. This morning before Tyler got here I caught her in his room playing them (I had guessed that would happen). When he got here he was so excited. Susan’s parents are coming this weekend and he said that they would love to hear him play so he has been practicing for them.

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Stay of execution

Susan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:12:44 +0000

Sorry for not updating sooner, thanks for the prompt, Biz.

Paul began assembling the set shortly after the kids boarded the bus Friday at 6:50am. About an hour later the news was grim–the base drum frame thingy had a crack. Long story short, we had to ship it back. What we SHOULD have taken pictures of for entertaining our blog readers is us REPACKAGING the drums in the original packing materials. Yikes. We only forgot 2 pieces: a package of nuts and bolts and the return invoice thing. Minor details, eh?

I imagine that it will be a couple weeks now between the exchange happening (length of time could vary depending on how important those missing pieces are to the drum company), the shipping back to us, then waiting for the kids to return to Robin’s to it can be assembled. We will keep you posted.

T minus 6 days and counting…

Susan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:44:05 +0000

Percussion station at Life and Science Museum

Yep, I gave in….

Look at that face--pure joy!!

Paul found a really good deal and we were going to do it for Christmas anyway.

Anna also got in on the act

So they have been shipped and should arrive this week. Plan is to put them together in Tyler’s room this weekend while they are w Robin.

He could not get between the drums and cymbals stations fast enough!

Then when they come back to us on Labor Day, we are going to fake him being in trouble and send him to his room right away. So shhhhhh, its a secret!! Only 1 question remains–Paul, when do my sound cancellation head phones arrive? Plan B is for me to hide under the cornhole board w Bluesy:

Now In Color

Paul — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:19:05 +0000

Tyler’s mohawk now has green, white and blue stripes which he is extremely excited about. His original plan was to grow his hair out long “like a rock star” but then he decided he would rather have a mowhawk and wanted it colored. He was already considering it but when he saw a picture of Glen Plake he was sure of the idea.

We all went shopping for school clothes today with my mom and sister. When Tyler and I got bored we went to one of the music stores and Tyler was stuck to the drums. I some how eventually got us out of there without buying any drums but Tyler was not happy at all about it. As you can see from the pictures here, he ended up playing some guitar when we got home since he is still without durms.

My New Drummer

Paul — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:41:56 +0000

Tyler has been into playing drums the past few days and I think he is ready to go pro!