The Time You Went to Your First Concert

Your daddy's side of the family is HUGE! They also frequently get together for family reunions so they stay very close. Unlike some families, daddy's family is not only the immediate family members - brothers, sisters, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents - but also the cousins of dad and their parents and children. The list of family members goes on and on. Specifically, your grandfather's side of the family keep in pretty close touch and we often see and vacation with them. These family members include the Lee, Aiono, Rabe, and Jones families. Today we got to see Great Aunt Barbara Lee and Great Uncle Jerry Lee and the Aiono family. Alex Aiono is a very talented singer/songwriter/performer and he is currently touring with a Disney band group called R5. The concert was already sold out at Stubb's where he was performing in Austin, but fortunately his family was able to reserve us two and a half spaces for our family to attend. It was pretty exciting and he did an excellent job. As a true fan of partying, you were there with your new "Me gusta el Rock" onesie and your bright orange ear plugs. You loved the music so much you drifted off to sleep. We stayed for the other performers too, but Alex was of course the best. Mommy went a little celebrity crazy and got a picture with some kid from Disney that I didn't even know, but I'm sure someone looked at the picture and was jealous. Who knows one day you might think he's a cute, older actor and I can say remember that time when... Although more than likely he, his band, and his Disney show will be long forgotten and kids will be on to the next favorite Disney act. It was great to see family members and we even got to take them to Kerbey Lane the next day before they flew out. We were very excited to share in that special day and have you experience your first concert and get your first picture with a blooming rockstar.

In the same vein of seeing a rockstar, you also were rockstarring reading. You have always enjoyed a good, tasty book, but lately you have been starting to really look at the books and turn pages. You even start to mumble as if you are reading them to us. It's super cute. You are truly my daughter with this early eagerness to learn and read. We can read Shakespeare when you hit kindergarten ... it's a little earlier than I started in the third grade but I'll help you with the tricky words and phrases. I knew you would be such a smart girl!