Little Drummer Boy

Spike has become quite the percussionist in the last few months, prompting Zach and me to get him a little djembe-like drum and percussion set for Christmas. When some other young parents saw him playing with it, they said, "Who hates Zach and Kate?" only to find out that we were the ones who bought him his loudest present!

But he loves it. As soon as he opened it, he shook the maracas for at least two full minutes with a super serious look on his face. We keep all the instruments in a basket on a high shelf so that we can ration out the headache inducing play. The only bad part about this gift is that Isaac calls the maracas "facas," which is pretty embarrassing in the company of those who don't speak Izey.

Sam, Izey's cousin, got a sweet drum set for Christmas that Isaac went nuts over. If we had a basement or a playroom (i.e. room for larger toys) I would have run out and bought it for him right then. This is one of my new favorite pictures. What a rock star!