My lil man has two favorite things and that is toy cars and guitars, especially the guitars. If he get's into one of his "guitar playing" modes and there isn't one around, he will grab anything that he feels will do, lol. He will use broom's, combs, his toy golf sticks, straws, spoons, brushes...seriously, anything that will help him mimic playing the guitar. Sometimes we have to hide them from him and I truly believe he goes into "guitar withdrawals".
If he's listening to a television theme song or a song on the radio and hear's a guitar he gets so so excited and rocks to the beat. After a few times of hearing a song, he can't actually play it but he can sure mimic the movements on his guitar and go into rock star mode, as if he were really playing. One example is the theme song from CSI - Miami, he has that down, lol.
So this leads me to, why it amazed me so much Christmas morning when he noticed the new guitar under the tree. It was as if he got something he never had but always wanted. He went into his "happy dance" then immediately grabbed it to start stringing his own music, lol. The look of excitement on his face was priceless. I wish I had the video camera going to capture the moment. The whole family was excited because he was excited.
He was so excited about the new guitar he wasn't really interested in the other gifts he received, at least not until later on. He played it and played it, then made me and his dad play it while he acted like he was singing in a microphone (btw...he will also use anything as a pretend microphone if he can't locate his). We are definitely looking forward to getting him guitar lessons...real soon and hopefully one day we will be able to hear him sing along as he plays. :)
Now I wonder which one will be his favorite guitar. Hmmm...
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