Music and Games

We took A to a kid's concert of Broadway tunes -- the planners got it right; the show was a little under an hour, and it started at 11 AM. He was a great audience member and sat quietly. We had to prop him up on our coats so he could see the orchestra (the concert hall seats are built for adults). At first I thought the opening number might have upset him a little -- either the singers were too loud or else the dimmed lights bothered him -- but he got right into it. There were a lot of Disney songs, and at the end all the kids were invited to pretend to be animals for an "animal parade" to "The Circle of Life." A watched, but we think he'll be more participatory next year.

In other news: A disappeared for a few moments into his room. Normally, I don't mind that he plays quietly by himself, except that he had a pencil in one hand when he closed his door. So I followed him. "What are you doing?" I asked.

He gestured to the walls. "I'm writing The Truth."

He wanted to know why I started laughing.


Lately when we see someone behaving poorly, or engaging in bad habits, the comment "they were raised by wolves" is uttered. This has turned into a new game, the "Lupine Roll Call," in which A will name someone and then declare that they were raised by wolves. It usually starts with his play-date friends and ends with various cartoon characters.