Say What?

It had been a running family joke that Nick was going to talk his way into the marching band as soon as possible. Whenever we saw a sixth grader manage to worm a spot on the stands, or a seventh grader marching on the field, we knew that Nick would follow in their footsteps. Kai did one show in sixth grade herself, and everyone knows you can get into the band earlier if you have an older sibling.

But I must say, we didn't actually think he'd get a spot with the band in FIFTH grade.



Granted, it's just a spot on the honor guard for now. He'll be carrying the band banner, or maybe the American flag. But he gets the uniform. He gets to travel with the band everywhere they go. He gets to go to the games, the competitions, and the parades. And as he says, he can tell the Penn State Blue Band when he applies for college that he's been in the high school marching band for eight years. (He predicts they will say, and I quote: "What the? Who the? How the?"

But what was really funny was what happened when he got his whole uniform on and stood out on the lawn. Scott has had people glance at photos of Kai in band uniform and say "Is that your son?" But when we saw Nick in his uniform, our first thought was, "Whoa. He looks like Kai."

What do you think?