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We’d been wanting to get Nyan into piano lessons for some time. Finally bit the bullet and did it: got a recommendation for a nearby music studio, signed him up, told him that if he wanted his Nintendo Switch, he had to do piano. He didn’t resist and started attending weekly classes in January. He actually seems to enjoy it! We are of course very happy about that. Here are some videos of young Nyan in his early days of tickling the ivories:

In class: 

They work on theory too, not just actual playing:

Here he is at home, showing off his knowledge of specific notes. (We were pretty impressed!)

There will, of course, be many more posts about Nyan playing the piano in the future…

For Mother’s Day in May, Nyan and Daddy accompanied Mommy to a production of the ballet, Swan Lake. It was a very nice performance, and Nyan did quite well with his first-ever ballet, sitting patiently, enjoying the dancing and the music, and not fidgeting much at all (although, about 15 minutes into the show, he did ask, “When are they going to start talking?”). 

The theater was in the western part of the island, pretty far from home, so we made an afternoon of it. That included a stroll to a nearby office building that has a lush garden on part of its roof – and features the Jedi master himself standing in a pond:

(Of course, Nyan had to do his thing where he tries to look miserable for the camera!)

We then headed to a nearby shopping mall for some food, browsing and – crucially – a haircut for the young man. Came out pretty well, we thought!

Before the haircut, we had dinner at a Japanese place, which featured mellow Japanese music playing in the background. Nyan did a sort of martial arts/dance combo. What can we say; he’s a goofball sometimes.