Happy Birthday Roo!

So today was Roo's birthday. He's been anxiously awaiting it's arrival. This is a day we've been marking as a big deal for almost a year now. It seems that when someone reaches age six, they are no longer a little guy but working up to something bigger. With this in mind, we created a goal for Roo.

Stop sucking his thumb.

This seemed like reasonable goal for a six year old to obtain but his thumb is his prized possession, along with "Stuffy" his pillowcase. They go together, Stuffy and Thumb. They've been together since he was about one. Over the years we have tried, with great failure to curb this habit and to his credit, he has, on a few occasions, attempted to stop on his own. For about a day. So last year I succumbed to a trick my friend used to toilet train her son. "Roo, what would it take to get you to stop? If you could have or do anything what would it be. Because Roo, if you stop by the time you are six, we will do it/get it for you!"

Over the past year he has vacillated between an electric guitar and a drum set (the house is already loud so whatever). He even picked the color. So last night he went to bed, informed us that tomorrow he would stop sucking his thumb and went to sleep, right. At 1:30 am Roo crawled into our bed (I should mention that he was born at 1:20 am) and said, "Okay, I'm six is it time to open presents?" Then immediately grabbed Stuffy and started to suck his thumb. The deal is off and I have a suspicion that we have some large orthodontist bills coming our way.

Happy Birthday Roo!

What Child is This/Greensleeves Jig

Here's the video of Grant, it wouldn't load on my other post. Enjoy!

Winter Concert

This week the boys had their annual holiday concert at the mall. I must say they looked quite dapper. If you recall, we did not have appropriate attire for our spring recital and I was determined not to go down that road again. Especially since their violin instructor was threatening to withhold treats if they were not visions of holiday splendor. Well, I don't know if they were holiday visions of little sugar plums but since I had made purchases of appropriate recital/concert attire last spring, I think we passed the test.

Here is a handsome photo along with a clip of Roo playing Jingle Bells (his first year really being able to play with the group) and a clip of G-man playing What Child is This/Greensleeves Jig which he worked his butt off to be able to play with the group. (If you wonder why kids sit down in the middle of playing...they are asked to sit if they aren't keeping up with the group or if they are only approved to play certain parts of the song...way to go G-man, you did it!)