So…um…yes, I am cognizant of the fact that this post should have occurred in December when Christmas did in fact take place. But hey, something good is good any time of year. And trust me, this is good.
Several months back, Thing 2 and I went into our local music store to buy something I needed (rosin? a music stand?). While there, Thing 2 spied the most beautiful sight that his little eyes had ever come across: a kid-size drum set. I literally had to pull him off of it to leave the store. While he has standing on the sidewalk outside the store as I fumbled with my keys to open the car, a very pained expression came across his face. Thinking that he had somehow hurt himself, I asked him what has wrong. He instantly burst out in tears and declared his undying love for the drum set. Apparently, it was his heart that was hurt. In the face of such deep and true emotion, how could I refuse? Well, actually I did refuse. But I told him that if he wanted those drums that much, he could ask Santa for them and they would be there in our very own house on Christmas morning.
Well, December came and Thing 2 began to enquire daily about whether the drum set would be here tomorrow. (We are still working on understanding this little thing called time.) He became more and more frustrated with this “supposed” Christmas morning that never seemed to come. But we finally made it to Christmas Eve, when the next morning would provide the longed-for drum set. And then the waiting was worth it because this is what happened on that epic morning:
Drum Twinkle from Jennifer Alton on Vimeo.
Let me ‘splain, Ricky. You see, there has been much talk about the formation of a band between Thing 1 and Thing 2 since the sighting of the beloved drum set. Thing 1 wants to learn to play the guitar and got one for Christmas a couple years ago from Grandma. (We still haven’t gotten around to those lessons, but that’s on the list for this year.) And now, since Thing 2 wants to be a drummer, the band idea has been discussed in great detail between the boys. Apparently, since I play the bass, I am supposed to be in this band, too. Bless their hearts, my boys aren’t old enough yet to realize that being in a band with YOUR MOM is probably not as cool as they want to be. But anyway, upon seeing the shining, sparkling drums of true beauty in the living room, Thing 2 commanded Thing 1 to go get his guitar so that the performance of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” could commence. This is Thing 2’s favorite song, so naturally it had to be the first song that the band ever covered.
And then, of course, we had to educate Thing 2 about his new Christmas gift, so we looked up some YouTube videos of the man, the myth, the legend: Neil Peart. After watching some of those and listening to some Rush (um, yes, Elvis and Bing were banished on Christmas morning at our house because—hello!—there was a drum set in the living room), this was the drum solo that occurred:
More Drumming from Jennifer Alton on Vimeo.
In other Christmas morning news, Thing 1 got the Kindle from Santa that was his great desire. And since he had gotten an E-READER, he proceeded to spend the morning playing games on said Kindle.
Mr. Knightley surprised me with the exact jewelry tree from the magical land of Pier 1 that I wanted (the man is good), and the boys gave me jewelry to store on it (when it’s not on my body, of course). And Auntie V, who was there visiting with us, gave me some killer rooibos tea from Teavana. Seriously, don’t get me started on the rooibos tea from Teavana. I could go on a long time about that, and this post is already long enough.
Thing 1 and I also got a most excellent shared Christmas present that wasn’t the kind that comes in a box. More on that to come later.
And Mr. Knightley got a pair of Korkers wading boots with interchangeable soles so that he might commune with the fishes more effectively and the promise of whatever e-books he wanted to buy on Amazon.
Yes, it was truly a Christmas morning of pure awesomeness!
P.S. The large thing under wrapping paper in the first video, in case you were wondering, was a wooden castle set from the grandparents who live in Germany. I somehow forgot to mention it earlier, and it was pretty awesome, as well.
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