January 22, 2025

Last night, R performed with his third grade classmates in his school's winter concert. In second grade, he played cello but chose to switch to violin this year. This was our first time seeing and hearing him play violin outside of home. In the picture on the left, taken before the show, he is demonstrating to me how the hand position for holding the violin bow is different than the position for holding the cello bow. In the second picture, he is warming up. In the third, he is catching me taking his photo after the performance. 

I was, of course, extremely proud to watch R perform. Another highlight was watching him interact with the other kids and making them laugh before the show started.

His excitement about the shirt and tie that I bought him for the concert also made me happy. Earlier in the week when I asked him if he'd like me to get some 'fancy clothes' for him to wear during the concert, he made me promise that I would. After I helped him put them on at home, he looked at himself in the mirror and said that he looked like "a youth president."

He wore the shirt and tie to school again today.