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Maile’s Aunt Julie is a very accomplished flutist – she’s traveled all over the world teaching and playing the flute. So Maile Girl was VERY lucky to have her deliver Maile’s very first flute (or any type of music) lesson on Saturday.

Aunt Julie brought over this really cool flute made by NUVO. It’s very light and made from plastic type material – but good quality. Aunt Julie said it is a great flute to learn on.

Aunt Julie said Maile was a very good student and she was quite excited about her lips. For her part, Maile Girl got a huge kick out of learning about the flute and playing it.

First Aunt Julie showed Maile all the pretty sounds that the flute could make and played some songs she already knew... this definitely piqued her interest!

Then Aunt Julie showed Maile how to place her mouth on the flute and the proper way to blow air...

Then they put the full flute together and Maile learned about the keys and how pressing them made different sounds...

After that it was just a matter of putting everything together...

... and becoming the cutest flutist ever!

And here’s a video of Maile playing her very first “song” on the flute…

Thank you Aunt Julie! Now we just need you to move to San Francisco to continue the lessons 🙂

(Click here for the video.)

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We had lots of fun this past weekend in Chicago. One of the highlights was getting to spend time with GG Irv (and GG Bea and Aunt Julie too). GG Irv turns 93 in November, which means he is almost 90 years older than Maile. In his prime, GG Irv would have definitely battled Maile for the opportunity to tell the next story, but these days he is more in listen mode. Maile didn’t seem to mind – she was amazing with him – very tender and affectionate, she’d rub his arm and give him hugs and kisses. Maile made GG Irv’s eyes sparkle a bit too – and as you can see below coaxed a very big smile out of him!