Somes videos

Will and I started teaching Charlie the piano before he was in kindergarten, but until this year, neither threats, coercion, bribery or trickery could ever get him to perform in one of our recitals. He finally decided that he was ready and willing to participate in our Christmas recital. For his first recital ever he performed "Silent Night, " as calm, cool and collected as if it was just one more stop on his world tour. Which is kind of how it is with Charlie: he won't participate unless he has complete confidence that he will be successful. Fortunately, he's a pretty confident kid; some might say he has an over-inflated sense of self-confidence. The other day he told me "Mom, I'm the smartest and fastest and funniest kid in my class." Oh, and the most humble, too, apparently.

 

Antonia is still in the nascent stages of learning to play the piano, (still trying to keep track of finger numbers) so she hasn't been invited to participate in a recital yet. She did, however, put her talents on display at her holiday gymnastics festival. And by "talents" I mean her pixie-ish enthusiasm and general adorable-ness.