Esperanto, Molars and "Who's Next"

I was playing a game with my son today. I would call it "hide and seek", Devlyn would call it "crawl under the crib and laugh really loud as my dad crawls in after me while making funny sounds and grabs at me but somehow misses me every time."I had the radio on in the background and caught a snippet between absurd "monster" noises and toddler howls. The snippet was about Esperanto. I have caught vague references to Esperanto before but have never quite understood what it was. I looked it up and was intrigued to find out that Esperanto is a constructed language that was designed to be politically neutral. It is fascinating and I am going to try to learn to speak it and hope to teach Devlyn to speak it as well.
The past two nights (and probably tonight as well) have been horrible for 'lil Devo. He is working on getting some molars in and he appears to be in a lot of pain. He hasn't napped well and he is eating even less than he usually does (he's kind of picky). All of this has made him kind of surly the past couple of days and this morning, in protest of being put in the pack and play, he banged his head on the wall and made me worry that he would hurt himself, luckily he did not.
On a happier note, I picked up a vinyl copy of The Who's album Who's Next. This is one of my favorite albums and it is significant to some people because Townshend used early synthesizers and modified keyboard sounds throughout this record. As I was playing the album on the stereo in the living room, Devlyn began to dance to the synthesizer introduction of the track "Baba O'Riley". I love Devlyn's reaction to music, especially the music that I enjoy. I can't wait to put some New Wave music on tomorrow and have a little dance party with Devo.

Family, Guitars and Friends

My son Devlyn loves music. I'm pretty sure that as a child I loved music. I have very hazy memories from when I was somewhere around three or four years old of really liking specific songs and artists. I liked the Rolling Stones, I liked Wings, I think I liked a song by a band called Lobo.
The point is, I watch my son dance to all kinds of music. He even tries to dance to string quartets. He has favorites and sometimes I'm surprised by the music that grabs him. The other day he was shakin' his butt to the Hüsker Dü song Celebrated Summer. I wonder what music he will remember from his early childhood and what effect it will have on his musical taste later on. I hope he will like the music I love and that he will turn me on to the music he loves. I'm really glad that his mom and I both encourage his love of music.
I have several guitars and various other instruments strewn around the house and it fascinates me how Devlyn attempts to make these "toys" work. Right now we both agree that the most fun of these guitars is the orange guitar .
On a sad note, a good friend passed away recently. Lumpy was a great guy and he was never short on pleasant conversation, mentorship and advice on music, gear and repairs. I miss him. I'm looking forward to playing at his tribute event on the 13th of June.