Lucas and his Violin

Lucas enjoys his violin....It is named "Steve Allen." Don't ask me where this name came from. This is his second violin....the first was smaller and was also named Steve Allen....Its full name is "Steve Allen who works at the grocery store"....yeahh....i have no idea...anyway...he outgrew his first violin....now he has the next size up (1/8 size) and it is also Steve Allen....however, this one is "Steve Allen who is getting ready for the big race." I just call it Steve Allen...I digress...Lucas likes to play his violin, and we have devised all sorts of ways to motivate the practice routines at home. Curently, the most popular game is to draw song names out of a bag to determine practice order....this has been a big help in "spicing things up." Although he is being trained Suzuki, he is somewhat of a hybrid kid....perhaps because his mother is a trained musician and wants this kid to be reading music...haha...anyway...needless to say, we are also reading music....he has 6 songs he plays from his Suzuki book, 3 scales, and 1 bluegrass tune...his favorite song is this bluegrass song "Bile the Cabbage Down." We are currently working on the double stops on that piece however it is NOT going well....time will tell i guess...anyway, it is ironic because my father always wanted me to take an interest in bluegrass music (his favorite type of music), and I strongly rejected anything but Classical music ( my first love of music)....now my child has more of an interest in the bluegrass style than anything else...I think it is hilarious...so we went out and purchased him 2 new violin (fiddling) books....he will be doing more of that type of music along with his Suzuki books....he really wants to learn to play "Cotton Eyed Joe" which is a "super cool" song on one of his toy trucks...so we are hoping to learn that song at some point...anyway...I am glad he seems to enjoy music....he is also taking some piano from me...about 2-3 lessons per month...it comes super easy for him...it is almost comical how easily it seems to him....he can play Mary Had a Little Lamb like a pro...and he even counts aloud so beautifully...i love it...even though I don't care if he does this seriously throughout his life or not, I just want him to love music, and I want it to be an important part of his life..