Fall Piano Recital

Madison played perfectly this afternoon.  She and the others had their annual Fall Piano Recital, what would be the last one this class would have actually.  Next year, it transfers to a Winter Piano Recital, I think.  There are just two girls in the class, and both had the distinction of doing their solos first - in fact, Madison was the very first student to do her solo.  And she did so well!  We did some practice runs all week long, and it's been a little hit-and-miss when it comes to doing in with perfection.  But this afternoon, each finger was placed down with precision, and we were so very proud of her!  The songs were fun, including the famous "Gone Fishing" song where Madison shouted out, "Not true!"  This was in response to the boys singing, "Boys are better than girls."  And then there was the ensemble piece, which actually went really well.  Madison got her part down, and played her solo portion decently, and soon the event was over with .  Mommy and Daddy were quite happy with the way it all went down.

Afterwards, it was time for Taco Tuesday once again, which is somewhat mandatory each week now.  But Madison had a bit of homework to do also.  And upcoming:  a paper she has to write on Paul Revere.  She has a five paragraph paper to write on either Fredrick Douglas, Susan B Anthony or Paul Revere.  She chose the one she knows the most about, and after reading a book or two wit the guy, it's no wonder she chose him.  There is supposed to be some visual element in there as well, so we'll see as the day gets closer what we'll put together.  But the report is going to be given in December some time, and we'll be working on that until then.

Tonight we watched "Jumanji" once more, this time for a bit of research.  Daddy has that upcoming message on Sunday, the final Sunday of our board game series.  It'll be a 'movie-message,' where we show clips from that movie.  That said, we had to sort of look through it for stuff we can show.  Madison really enjoyed the movie this time, jumping at all the scary parts.  We'll share that message here a little later when it gets all put together.

We finally finished "Isle of the Lost" tonight, which sets everything up for the movie itself.  We actually read three chapters tonight, somewhat as a reward for the great performance at piano.  Madison really enjoyed hearing this book a lot, even though it took some time to get through.  Next up, Daddy plans on reading some classics, but that will be Thursday or so.

Anyway, it was a great day.  We ended it all on a great note!