Walked in on the kiddo’s piano lesson at the end of the session. They are in private rooms with a glass window to peek through. They stick to the Faber series, but his new piano teacher had him play follow along to something new on YouTube on an iPad to finish the class(today was the first time, I learn later).

R didn’t know what the piece was, just playing his part of the tutorial, while the teacher was playing the secondo.

But about a minute in, it clicked for him that he’s heard this song before and recognized it. After that moment, while he continued to play Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, he had a big smile on his face throughout the rest of the song, gleaming with the excitement and anticipation of meeting me in the lobby to have me guess what new song he’s learnt.

This, from a kiddo who needs to be interrogated daily to pry out if he’s finished his lunch.