Swoop home for a quick dinner, then it’s off to the middle school for Bandapalooza! We listen to the middle school band, one high school’s jazz ensemble, and the other high school’s marching band, then the kids get to try all the instruments. Too fun. I ask DS what he thinks he likes. Saxophone and trombone, he tells me. He tries everything. Turns out he likes (and is surprisingly good at) this:

The instrument’s as big as he is! He doesn’t care. He says it felt good. Only eleven, and he’s already not your average bear. That’s my boy, all right.