Gray learned how to do some rope tricks with a cowboy trick roper who is a descendant of Will Rogers, then he got a temporary tattoo on his hand of fingers holding up a peace sign decked out in stars and stripes. After that, we headed over to the art table to make a patriotic hat.
There were two styles to choose from, one that was like a sailor's hat and one that was a stovepipe hat like Abraham Lincoln wore. Gray opted for the sailor hat and daddy helped him design it.
You can't really tell from this picture, but there are blue stars on the top point of the hat and then red stripes along the bottom. Pretty cute.
Snuggling with Grandmama before the show
I forgot my digital camera and our cell phones were having some issues with the dark lighting in the concert hall, but here's a blurry shot of the family. You can barely see a huge flag behind us which was the backdrop for the musicians and seemed to impress Grayson.
The orchestra played several marches (which I loved), had a couple of songs with a men's singing quartet (which my mom loved) and even played a swing/jazz song and a fiddle/semi-bluegrass song. Gray has developed a love of bluegrass music thanks to his Grandaddy and said the fiddle song was his favorite part of the concert.
Later that night after dinner, Gray went and got his drumsticks and put on a concert in our living room. He would announce and tell about each song (just like the conductor did at the concert) and even took a bow afterward. We then had to each take turns performing a drum concert while the other two people served as an audience on the couch and gave boisterous applause afterward.
I love that Gray is interested in music and hope it continues in some capacity for the rest of his life. These concerts are just under an hour long and he sits so still taking everything in. Maybe some day we'll be coming to his concert at the music hall.
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