Fiddle-dee-dee

We biked to a free kids concert during the annual Tulip Festival. Chris McKhool's "FiddleFire" was phenomenal! They played a wide range of music with the violin/fiddle, piano, bass and drums. Tavish was enthusiastically 'playing' all of the instruments and joined in by clapping along and dancing too.

MOMENT: "A Violin Sings, A Fiddle Dances" - unknown

Tavish air 'played' most of the instruments he saw, but seemed most drawn to 'playing' the violin/fiddle. We learned these two instruments are the same, but are named based on the type of music they are playing. Huh. Either way, he's a natural!

Rock Around the Clock

The cuteness of this video speaks for itself ...

MOMENT: Dance Like No One's Watching



FLASHBACK: Early Moves and Moans

When Grandpa Mike provided us with the above video clip he took, he also included some old footage. This is Tavish circa November 15, 2009 at the whopping age of 7.5 months - a year and a half ago. It was a time when he was on the cusp of crawling, teeth were appearing and sounds were forming. Oh, and he was chubby and had substantially less hair. Aw.

Game Time

"When I grow up, I want to be a little boy"
- Joseph Heller

MOMENT: Chase and Chuckle

The Richardson's came over for dinner one night. While the adults and baby Lucy hung out at the table, Sam and Tavish entertained themselves. They invented their own game that involved the precise hanging of a shirt, some chasing, a whole lot of chuckling with some manners thrown in. The excitement went on with intense enthusiasm for a long, long time. Indeed, the best in-house entertainment you could ask for on a Friday night.

Toot your Horn

Daddy pulled out his trusty (and a little dusty) trumpet and teamed up with the toddler to make music. They claim to be pretty good, but they do like to blow their own horn. Ha.

MOMENT: Tavish play that?

Someone pointed out to me once that Tavish generally talks in questions. His voice almost always goes up at the end of a sentence. Here is some proof to that observation when Tavish's statement is delivered as a question: "Tavish play that?" Evidently, pushing keys is fun and all, but blowing into the horn has its appeal too.



MOMENT: Blow and Tell

See our son blow his horn then take off to trumpet to Grandpa Mike about it ...