A Winter Concert

A couple of weeks ago my amazing little (hardly - he's like six feet) brother Josh performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue on the piano with his high school orchestra. Now, I knew he was talented, but I actually had no idea how amazing he really is! He did an amazing job and I was so darn proud of him :) You may or may not be able to view a video of the performance by clicking here.

We decided to take James to see his Uncle "Dosh" perform. James was so excited to go to the concert. All day he kept saying, "Go a carcert??" He couldn't wait. Since Josh was the final performer of the evening, we decided that it might be a bit hard for him to sit through an entire concert, so he and his daddy went on a little outing to the bookstore and had tons of fun, while I went to the concert. They met us there at the very end, and James could not wait! He was so good during the whole performance and clapped for Uncle Dosh. It was actually really sweet; I think it really made a big impression on him.

When we got home that night, James was so excited to read this cute book that we have, called "A Winter Concert." It is really an adorable book, about a little mouse who goes to a concert on a winter night. There is a grand piano on stage, and after the audience gathers, the pianist comes out and plays a concert of beautiful, beautiful music. The illustrations are all black and white drawings, but when the pianist starts to play, beautiful colors come out of the piano and fill the whole concert hall and pave the little mouse's pathway home.

Thank goodness for good music, good books, and wonderful uncles.