We took Lucas to school for a band instrument demonstration. Our school starts the students that are interested in band in fifth grade. What else would any fifth grade boy want to play but the drums. After convincing his dad that drums were a musical instrument, he got his practice kit.
The kit includes a drum pad and bells both. They teach all the kids to read music not just rythym (much to Lucas' dismay during the presentation). We took the kit home and he systematically took everything out of the case and much to his astonishment he pulled the bells from the bottom of the case.
He must have gotten distracted during the presentation because he had no idea they were in there. If I'd only known to have the camera ready. He saw those bells and his face absolutely lit up. He said, "Hey! I know these! I did this before!" and then he proceeded to start playing us songs and telling us each of the note names as well as telling us that he used to play it for "those one people" from the orphanage. He doesn't know the names of the songs but it was so cool to see and hear something that he remembers that he didn't even know he knew until he saw that bell set. So there he was playing away in the livingroom while yelling at Eli to remember this song and that song. So totally worth the evening of screeching horns and banging drums at the demonstration. Today memories were a good thing.
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