musical genius

a few weekends ago, jon, avery and i went to 3rd street promonade to do some shopping. i think we also lured avery there by saying she might get to see some people dancing. 3rd street is an outdoor mall with lots of shops, no cars and street performers. we were sad to see that there were no dancers that time of day, but then we found a saxaphone player and asked avery if she wanted to watch. the introvert in me would never plop right down in front of a street performer, putting myself front and center, but i wanted her to get the best view and be able to really see, so there we went. Josh Remington was his name and he really was a good saxaphone player. He started talking to avery in between songs. he played the theme song from sesame street for her and the pink panther and he would do some little dance moves. avery loved it. he finished the set and came over to avery and asked if she wanted to play the saxaphone. at first she was apprehensive, but he blew and i pushed one key up and down to make some pretty music and then she tried it and smiled. it was a really special first experience with a sax for her. so the craziest thing is that now whenever she hears saxaphone music, even for 10 seconds in between stories on NPR, she will point it out to me, excitedly saying "saxaphone!" and i have to actually stop to listen and then say "you are right avery, that is a saxaphone!".