Ballerina Boys: Part Two

For those uninitiated in modern children's music, the boys are dancing to Tantrum by the Spin Doctors. Its off the Dog Train album.



I don't think the video loads to Facebook properly. If it doesn't show up there, just check out Anthony's blog.

Ballerina Boys!

Really, I'm not quite sure what more I can say. Anthony's first love is really, truly airplanes. However, playing ballerina is a relatively close second. Every day when we come home from daycare Anthony asks to go play ballerina at Robert's house. He takes great joy in picking out the RIGHT costume. Today, for example, he rejected the tutu that Robert is wearing in this picture in favor of a blue cinderella dress. Anyway, on Friday he picked out the princess dress and then chose a rather stunning "HAT" to go with it.

Sarah shot some great footage of the boys dancing. Hopefully I'll get it up in a day or two.

Music Class

Last Saturday was the start of music class for the quarter. Its funny, Anthony doesn't seem to participate too much in class, but he comes home singing all the songs. I think he's so busy absorbing that there is no output.

However, there are parts of it that we can count on him enjoying. When teacher Daniel reads the story Anthony scoots so far forward that he's practically sitting on Daniel's feet. He obviously prefers the songs that involve jumping and dancing, too. However, he likes to sing the quiet ones at home, too. (I'll try and get more on video.)

The first video is Anthony playing auto harp. The final one is the tug-of-war that Daniel plays with each kid at the end.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Honestly, I think he used to sing it much better. Well, its been awhile since we've had a birthday party. (All of his pals have fall birthdays so he was singing it weekly at daycare!)

Notice that he blows out the candles at the end.

(Why is it that they never perform on command?)

Melt-down

Anthony is generally pretty even tempered, but he has his moments. In this case, it was because Robert was driving the police car and Claire had the tricycle. There were two push-toys available, but it wasn't what he wanted.

So-sad!

Hide and Seek

One of Anthony's favorite games is hide and seek. He plays it in his airplane hangar, behind the curtains, and even at the kitchen table.

Funny story--a few months ago Anthony was hiding underneath a blanket. Repeatedly. I kept calling, "Anthony, where are you?" A few seconds later he'd peek out. At one point Claire (age 4) finally shrieked at me, "He's under the blanket! He's ALWAYS under the blanket!"

Airplane Museum with Friends

Anthony's Christmas present for Claire and Robert was a trip to the airplane museum. (Robert's Daddy is a pilot, too.) They had a GREAT time together. The top picture is Anthony sitting in some sort of airplane. The middle picture is on the observation platform. You can stand there and watch the planes at the San Carlos airport take off and land. The bottom picture is playing in a helicopter simulator.

I think that Hiller is probably Anthony's favorite place in the whole wide world and it was great sharing it with his friends.

(By the way, he's wearing his airplane sweater for the occasion!)