Band Concert

Andy had his first band concert last week.  He's been playing for about two months, so there wasn't a lot of material, but the band director wanted to show them off just the same.  The band director -- there is a special place in the afterlife for people who can teach music to young kids.  You must have about 100 times more patience than I ever could.

When I told my mom we were going to Andy's concert, she laughed and said something like "good luck" or "have fun!".  Having four children, she has been to her fair share (and then some) of band concerts and piano recitals.  I bet she missed the orchestra concerts, however, because none of us ever played strings, but we were fortunate enough to get that concert too.  It was a band and orchestra mix.

To be perfectly honest and fair, it really wasn't that bad.  Then entire thing was only about 40 minutes to see both groups.  They each played about three songs.  They weren't fabulous, but they weren't horrible either and you could see that after just a few months they were starting to learn a few things.  Our money is actually going to good.

We left the girls at home with a babysitter because a) they would have been bored and driven us crazy and b) when the two girls get together they act all goofy and would have driven us crazy.  Either way, crazy is a big part of it.  After the concert we took Andy out to dinner at the restaurant of his choice.  He was pretty happy because he rarely gets to be alone with one of us let alone both of us for that long.

I'm amazed at how much my baby boy has grown up.  The past 9+ years have flown by and he's such an amazing kid, even with his strong need to antagonize.  I can't wait to see the adult he turns into, but am enjoying all the new things he continues to try and experience.