Oh my goodness! I am so proud of you. Coolest thing? You are MORE proud of yourself!!

A few weeks back, at a relatively stressful time, I took you to piano lessons. It was Nov 14. The week before your piano teacher, Jenn, had told Daddy Jim that we needed to help you pick out a Christmas song for your holiday recital. I wasn’t there on Nov 7 with Daddy Jim, and I really didn’t know how this all worked. So I stressed out a bit trying to help you find a song you liked at your level that “wasn’t taken” by someone else whom Jenn teaches. We got to piano Nov 14 with a piece you liked and had practiced a bit and it was “taken.” Sigh.

So, Jenn (somewhat frustrated) played some pieces out of the book I got you to help you make a new selection.

You chose “Deck the Halls.” But then, when she asked you to try it, you said No. Jenn encouraged you, and you kept saying no. You were nervous – and rightly so, as it was much harder than anything you had done before. Deep sigh. Finally, you tried it. (And on the way home, when I asked you to tell me what you thought the “good things” and “the things you would change” were from you lesson, you said that you would change that you didn’t try Deck the Halls when Jenn asked you to.

Fast forward to tonight.

First Piano Recital.
Rock Star.
You.

Here is a video of you – click here