DS has expressed interest, off-and-on every six months or so, in learning to play the keyboard or guitar. Since there are quite a few kids at his school with artistic talents, this may be something to seriously consider. I recently noticed a local shop has opened offering piano and drum lessons, and we are considering buying him a real guitar for Christmas.

One of the kids from last year, whom DS looked up to (he moved on to high school), played drum. He thought he was the coolest kid.