So our first recital was today. Heck, a lot of things were today. This afternoon, we actually had a ballet recital rehearsal - in full dress - at 4:00. And at 5:00, we were dressed as pirates across town at the piano recital. It was a race against time mixed with a ballerina to pirate quick change, but it all worked out well for us.
I'll post ballet pictures tomorrow, as today is the day we generally get to take a lot of pictures during the ballet recital rehearsal. They don't let us take pictures during the actual ballet recital tomorrow, for good reason. But things went well, and there's a positive feeling that the recital will go off just as planned. And that's exactly how the piano recital went as well.
About the piano recital: it was wonderful. Mrs. Pam decorated everything in such great way, with all kinds of props and posters and of course the costumes on the kids. Each one was dressed as a pirate, and there were some shanties to sing, in order to kick things off. I never would have expected Madison to know the words to 'Anchors Away' or 'I Want to Sing and Dance,' but she did well with the melody that had these, and a few of those other more traditional pirate songs, like 'Yo-Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me.'
There were a lot of different songs, but the focus of course was on the piano playing. Madison did very well with her chosen number, 'The Secret Box.' I'm not entirely sure what is inside this secret box, but the song is quite lovely. It's also quite challenging. It requires two hands playing two different parts at the same time - and Madison did it expertly. She has been practicing a lot leading up to this performance, and it showed. She had a little false start, but then regrouped and just did splendidly. We were so proud of her!
There was time for posing afterwards, and time for thanking Mrs. Pam. Another season is about to draw to a close - we'll have one last get-together on Tuesday. It's been a great year though, and you can see - and hear - all kinds of progress from Madison.
As is our tradition, we got Dilly Bars afterwards. The local Dairy Queen here in Gainesville sells them for one dollar a piece. That's less than half the price of the location in Cumming, which is world famous for being the most inconvenient Dairy Queen on earth. But this one is great, and ice cream season is upon us. Already, the three of us were salivating over getting a Blizzard. This will happen soon - in fact, Mommy had some coupons at home for just such a Blizzard run.
Today Daddy was at work, which is a theme for May - and a heavy one. We spend so much time prepping for Summer Xtreme. It's going to be great, but it's a lot of work with filming and so forth. Also, we try not to neglect Weird Science in any way. That's the current series, which is going on just fine. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the brain, and looking at how each of us was created to reflect.
As for now, it's time for some rest. We get so little of it this time of year, and this might be a good opportunity to try and get some.... Goodnight!
I'll post ballet pictures tomorrow, as today is the day we generally get to take a lot of pictures during the ballet recital rehearsal. They don't let us take pictures during the actual ballet recital tomorrow, for good reason. But things went well, and there's a positive feeling that the recital will go off just as planned. And that's exactly how the piano recital went as well.
About the piano recital: it was wonderful. Mrs. Pam decorated everything in such great way, with all kinds of props and posters and of course the costumes on the kids. Each one was dressed as a pirate, and there were some shanties to sing, in order to kick things off. I never would have expected Madison to know the words to 'Anchors Away' or 'I Want to Sing and Dance,' but she did well with the melody that had these, and a few of those other more traditional pirate songs, like 'Yo-Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me.'
There were a lot of different songs, but the focus of course was on the piano playing. Madison did very well with her chosen number, 'The Secret Box.' I'm not entirely sure what is inside this secret box, but the song is quite lovely. It's also quite challenging. It requires two hands playing two different parts at the same time - and Madison did it expertly. She has been practicing a lot leading up to this performance, and it showed. She had a little false start, but then regrouped and just did splendidly. We were so proud of her!
As is our tradition, we got Dilly Bars afterwards. The local Dairy Queen here in Gainesville sells them for one dollar a piece. That's less than half the price of the location in Cumming, which is world famous for being the most inconvenient Dairy Queen on earth. But this one is great, and ice cream season is upon us. Already, the three of us were salivating over getting a Blizzard. This will happen soon - in fact, Mommy had some coupons at home for just such a Blizzard run.
Today Daddy was at work, which is a theme for May - and a heavy one. We spend so much time prepping for Summer Xtreme. It's going to be great, but it's a lot of work with filming and so forth. Also, we try not to neglect Weird Science in any way. That's the current series, which is going on just fine. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the brain, and looking at how each of us was created to reflect.
As for now, it's time for some rest. We get so little of it this time of year, and this might be a good opportunity to try and get some.... Goodnight!
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