Although Jeremy still loves violins, his new passion is guitars, followed by drums. However, it must be noted that he truly loves all instruments and his Mommy found him a real trumpet (for $3, no less) at a garage sale this morning of which he is quite fond already. His hot pink synthesizer keyboard also got some good action today (Mama can't stand that it plays "Jingle Bells" when Jeremy pushes the demo button, but it is quite jolly). While he still asks for "Pearlman Violin" on YouTube on a regular basis, it is hard to sustain interest in the actual instrument when the sounds one can produce are so disappointing at this stage. He got his first small guitar (shown above with Auntie Lyna who was visiting from CA) last weekend and has barely put it down, in addition to playing Mama's nylon-6-string upright while standing- "Jeremy play bass!"
Of course, Jeremy has other interests, including remaining enamored of trains. In fact, his favorite song is still the spiritual, "Train is a comin'." We got to go to the Colorado Train Museum for the first time last weekend which was even better than expected. We'll be going back this fall (if not sooner) for the "Day Out with Thomas", featuring a life-size Thomas the Tank Engine. For those not in the know, this is a franchise owned mostly by Ringo Starr that capitalizes on train-obsessed toddlers. Jeremy got his first Thomas engine at "The largest train store in the world," Caboose Hobbies, which happens to be walking distance from our house. As his Papa said of their giving it to Jeremy free, "It's bad enough that they gave him an engine... Did they really have to rub crack on it?"
