His third grade class put on a program in celebration of Martin Luther King Day. It was fabulous, as usual, and we especially enjoyed Hunter's scat solo/duet. I never would have been brave enough to do something like that.
He also had a few speaking parts, a pretty big deal to him.
A few days later, Hunter had his first official piano recital. He practiced, and practiced, and practiced his song and thankfully played it flawlessly at the recital. He said he didn't even feel nervous about it.
Here he is with his teacher, Brandy.
She really is great for him, just what he needs, super positive and encouraging and she makes it really fun for him.Last, but not least, there was the pinewood derby.
Jared asked Hunter to draw what he wanted his car to look like and then my two very artistic and talented boys made that car up to look just like Hunter imagined.
It looks black in the picture, but it's actually dark blue.
I think he named it Blue Thunder.
I think he named it Blue Thunder.
I love this picture, waiting and cheering for the car, but it's oh so serious too!
You'd think this kid was loud, but Jared tells me from across the gym, the loudest person cheering in the crowd was my little Austin!
Blue Thunder did it's best and won an award for "Best Detail".
It finished somewhere in the middle which was a bit of a disappointment to both dad and Hunter, especially since one of the boys made a car on the spot - colored the block of wood with markers and glued the wheels on right there... and that car beat Blue Thunder believe it or not.I was proud of Hunter last year when he took home a trophy, but I was more proud this year to watch my son, who quite often struggles with sportsmanship, cheer on the other boys and keep a positive attitude even when he wasn't blowing away the competition. It really was a great night!
As we left Emma said, "What are we going to do to celebrate Hunter?" I feel like we have been celebrating him for a week non-stop, but we did stop and get donuts!
Way to go Hunter!
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