Sniff, sniff. Andrew's first tie. All boys were required to wear a tie, so Andrew and I went shopping for new pants, shirt, belt and tie. Thankfully he could wear his marching band shoes! It was quite funny trying to pick out just the right tie. We saw lots of ugly ones and I had fun teasing him with a few. It came down to 2 (both red and black as he wanted school colors). One serious and one fun. He had a tough time making the decision but finally went with the fun one and I'm glad he did. You could tell it was his tie, and not Daddy's borrowed tie like a lot of the boys looked like they had - ya know. Shows his personality.Andrew's first middle school band concert. He HATED that I wanted to take pictures and pulled out the good old 12 year old attitude he has perfected recently. But I forced him to and got a few. None of his friends were around yet, so he couldn't be too mad. I do wish I had pictures with them too.
The concert band was amazing! Andrew was hiding behind is stand so I could only see from his eyes up. He was on the top raiser. But then it was time for jazz band, which he is loving. While they set up, I was able to sneak in a picture with a teeny smile thanks to Mr. Hess, his band director. The jazz band was AMAZING! Such talented kids. They started with 7 of the members doing a jazz improv. Wow! Then the group played a few songs all together with a few solos. Some have really found their true talent already. Andrew will probably be a part of the improv group in the spring...can't wait!
