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Lucy’s head tilted, as she gazed up at Austin. Lucy was by far one of the smartest, funniest, and adorable dogs I’d ever met.
“Can we, Daddy?” Annie asked Kasey. “Can we work, too?”
Both Boone and Kasey looked at Austin for an answer. “What’s it gonna be?” Boone asked him.
“Fine, but I don’t even know where to start,” Austin countered, looking frustrated by the entire situation.
“How about at the beginning?” I offered.
“A very good place to start,” Annie chimed in, and Kasey groaned, then chuckled.
The kids cheered until Austin pulled them all under control with his booming voice.
“Okay. Okay. Are those the instruments you want to learn how to play?” he asked. “Where did you get them, anyway?”
“I drove them into town this morning,” I told him. “They each picked out what they wanted to learn to play.”
“So, then you put them up to this?” Kasey asked me.
“If you mean, did I ask them if they knew any songs to sing or how to play an instrument, then yes. I asked those questions,” I proudly said. “I think they’d love to learn more about music, and who better to teach them than their dads?”
Hank blew on his harmonica, a long sad note. We all listened for a moment. When he was done, he grinned from ear to ear. “I made a song, Daddy. Did you like it? It tickles just like when I scream. What do you like better?”
“The harmonica,” Boone told him. “Definitely the harmonica.”
“I can do more. It’s fun.”
He blew on it again, making a different, higher note this time, and it stunned him. As if he’d just discovered that each hole played a different sound. He giggled and did it again with another note, then another and another.
Then Annie held the violin against her body and ran the bow across the strings to cause a noise very similar to a very loud, squeaky door.
Emily joined in on her ukulele, by simply strumming it. And when Lucy howled, the guys simply joined in on the crazy fun, giving some structure to the chaotic notes that the kids made. It turned out to be more fun than anyone had anticipated.
After a quick lunch break, everyone went right back to it, and for the rest of the day, the kids had their very first music lesson with their dads.
“Okay. Okay,” Kasey said, getting everyone to stop. “We can only do this if everyone participates… and that includes you, Liberty.”
I shook my head. “Oh, no. I don’t play my violin anymore. Besides, I only know how to play classical music.”
“The lady in the store said the violin and the fiddle are the same,” Annie said. “Was she lying?”
“You play the violin?” Austin asked. “Why didn’t I know this?”
“It didn’t come up on the interview,” I answered.
“Why does Kasey know?”
“I was there on moving day and saw the case,” Kasey said. “Is that why Annie picked out the violin?”
“Fiddle, Daddy. I want to play dancing music,” she said.
“And you will, if Liberty agrees to play along.”
“Again, I have no idea…” I began.
Boone cut me off. “Then it’s time you learned some down-home country…” Boone turned to Annie. “… dancing music.”
“You have to, Liberty!” Annie said.
