Penguin Girl has diligently practiced for her piano lessons with Miss R for 4 years and it's time to move on. With the help of Ms. C, Penguin Girl's preschool teacher, we found Mrs. L who teaches at a nearby college. When we met Mrs. L for the first time, she asked Penguin Girl if she said a proper good-bye to her old teacher because that is very important. In response, Penguin Girl began bawling!
Miss R has been a part of our lives since Penguin Girl was 5-years-old. We got to know her when Miss R came to us one summer to give Penguin Girl swim lessons. At the beginning, those lessons were 20 minutes of crying and 10 minutes of splashing around while being held by Miss R, who was infinitely patient. By the end of the summer, Penguin Girl could swim a basic freestyle and backstroke. Penguin Girl graduated from Miss R's swim lessons to learning how to play piano with her. Penguin Girl has done quite a bit of growing up with Miss R and we'll miss her.
But Mrs. L is fantastic and after just one meeting, Penguin Girl is infused with new enthusiasm about music and is really looking forward to lessons with her new teacher, even though she is sad to leave Miss R. I can tell that Mrs. L is someone that Penguin Girl will be able to grow with for years to come.
