Ryan had his first public performance today as he played the triangle in the Berkshire Maestro’s Garden Party. Apart from a small instrument issue which I resolved by using the shoelace from my boots on the triangle, it went really well. Ryan played in the mini Maestros’ party which was first in the afternoon.
Afterwards we went round the party where we had ice creams and played on the bouncy castle. We listened to some good music and choirs but the real treat was being able to try out a wide variety of musical instruments.
We found out Jeannie was very good on the violin (”naturally held the bow correctly and very elegantly”) and Ryan loved playing the electric guitar (he held it gently and tried to play it properly instead of madly strumming which is the norm for boys apparently). I’m not sure this is a good thing as it could get very expensive!. We also learnt that Gabby can sleep in a room where drums are played very loudly.
In the evening we all watched an excellent episode of Doctor Who, real family entertainment (Gina was late going out to do her babysitting because she ended up watching it) and a shocking ending. Ryan wanted a TARDIS so he could go forward in time one week and watch the next episode straight away.
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