the sounds of scotland

in an attempt to begin teaching emma about her diverse cultural heritage, we headed over to the beck center to see, hear and learn more about the bagpipes.

the piper, mr. slife, plays for the cleveland firefighters memorial pipe and drums band. since the bagpipes are quite loud, he played outside, while we watched from the window inside the building. after wards, he came in and gave a quick explanation of the instrument and his attire. then we danced to a few tunes he played from his chanter. the kids even had an opportunity to touch and feel the instruments, which emma mentioned later was the part "i loved."













to further her learning experience, we headed home and listend and danced to some bagpipe music, played with aaron's chanter and horsehair sporran, and dressed her in her kilt and aaron's hat.














































maybe i'll make some haggis...not really. though they are quite tasty in my opinion.