Here is Isaac playing his little heart on the clarinet. He looks so calm. You would never know he had been so excited and so ready for this concert for days ahead of time. He memorized the entire information newsletter regarding the concert. At dinner he told every one where they needed to go and what room they should report to. Then he told Joel what time we needed to pull out of the driveway to be at school on time and he told me which lens to put on my camera to get good pictures. Is this the same kid that tries getting on the bus about once a week while leaving his lunch bag and clarinet on the driveway?
Here is Daniel doing a bang up job on the trumpet. They played In The Mood...which was the first song played at our reception when we were married. Love that song! Thank you to the entire 8th grade band for picking a song that I JUST LOVE. Thank you to Daniel for practicing it a lot so I could hear it over and over and over again.
And here is Nicko. I love watching Nicko listen to music. He shoulder dances. Big, tough, strong, male bopping away to the tune of big band classic is just not something to be missed in my book. I know that he will probably be horrified that I shared this on a blog. Sorry, Nicko. You just don't know how entertaining you are to watch!
And poor Alyssa had to sit with Mom and Dad while she watched the boys. She reminded me about 4 times that next year she can join band and she is going to be playing the flute. She loves the flute. She can't wait to play the flute. (Funny she said the same things about the piano and that seems to have lost some of it's glamor and excitement.) She is really going to work hard at practicing so she can be really good at playing the flute. ;-) She is in such a rush to grow up and do the things the boys get to do. Sigh.