This morning rocked! It was my son’s birthday, can you guess what he got?  It involves two of his top five favorite things – LEGOS and Rock-N-Roll!  When you mix them together, you get LEGO Rock Band.  See the picture to the left? That is him shortly after opening his gifts.  I have a feeling the family will be rocking out tonight. 

Of course, in order to play LEGO Rock Band, we had to purchase ROCK BAND 2.  It can be quite difficult to play without the instruments. Besides, the instruments are what makes it fun!  We now have a drum set, a microphone and a guitar.  Hmmm, wait a minute, if their are 4 of us, what do I get to do? 

I am not very musical or so I have been told.  I know I don’t sing well.  I remember the first time I realized my voice didn’t actually sound anything like I thought it did.  Remember those days when you sang along with the radio and then you decided to record yourself? Well, after I was sure something was wrong with my recorder, I recorded myself again.  When I realized that was actually my voice, I suddenly became aware of what “tone deaf” meant. I actually thought my voice was making more than just one note!

Then I made the mistake of thinking my kids might enjoy me singing to them.  When they were babies, I sang every once in awhile but not very loud, more like a whisper.  They didn’t seem to mind, or so I thought. As soon as my daughter could coordinate the movement of her hand and arm, she grabbed my lips and held them shut every time I tried to sing.  So, experience has shown me that I should stay away from the microphone!

I thought about the drums, that would be fun! So, after I set up the drums I decided to give it a try.  How hard can it be to drum to We Will Rock You?  Don’t ask! I thought a basic stomp, stomp, clap would be pretty easy. It was a little more difficult than I thought.  So, maybe I’m not cut out for the drums. I took one look at the guitar and knew if I had trouble with the drums, this would be more difficult. 

Then it occurred to me, I could be a dancer!  Then I thought, who am I fooling? I can’t even clap along to a song unless I am watching someone else. Once I take my eyes off someone else clapping, I end up off beat.  I started getting down, because I knew it would be difficult for me.  Plus, it would bring up musical memories I am still trying to forget. 

Wait just a minute!  What does every band need? A groupie! I can certainly appreciate music. I have finally found my calling in the ROCK BAND world! 

Plus, want to know the BEST thing about my family…

we love to have fun! 

It doesn’t really matter how good I sound or how well I play, as long as we are having fun! In addition, I  can make everyone else laugh or make them feel better (because they know they can’t be that bad).