The One Man Band

In recent weeks AJ has become his own one-man band. He is fascinated with music makers of any kind, including the two that are featured in this picture, a set of bells with a bumble bee handle and a maraca with a lady bug face. The band-in-a-bag also came with a set of frog castanets and a Zebra clacker. His Director of Music Education would be very pleased.

Whenever AJ hears music, he will turn around trying to figure out the source. The CD player seems to perplex him, because he stares at it like he is trying to figure out how all of those different voices come out of one box. Once he does hone in on what is making the music, he will occasionally bop along by bouncing up and down or leaning from side to side. The other morning I had the Today Show on in the background while I was feeding him breakfast, and he stopped eating oatmeal mid-bite once Sheryl Crow started performing. I think he had his first crush on a rock star. He was completely mesmerized by her and watched open-mouthed during her entire song while swaying from side-to-side like a lovestruck groupie.