Andrew's first band concert was in December. It was right after my surgery, so I couldn't attend. But Ben went, and Andrew's teacher, Mr. Lynam, had asked Andrew to do a drum solo. Andrew is one of the only 5th graders with musical experience, so he was pretty impressive. We have a video of it, and apparently the girl sitting in front of Andrew was extremely impressed: after his solo, she got really big eyes and mouthed "Wow!" to the girl in the blue shirt. It was hilarious.
Since we had the whole family here for Christmas, we took the opportunity to take some family pictures. I was still hurting pretty badly from my surgery, but we managed to get everything set up in the basement. They turned out pretty good! I espeically like the ones that didn't quite turn out -- and a few that we messed up on purpose.
