Piano Recitals...

Yesterday after Ainsley's  double header basketball game and before Walker's caroling with his scout troop, the kiddos did their Christmas piano recitals...

Walker played It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Ainsley played Deck the Halls.  It was fun to have a Christmas recital this year... between this and caroling with scouts it has definitely put me in the Christmas spirit!!

Practicing for this recital has also put the love of Christmas music in them as well... instead of practicing his books last week, Walker wanted to learn and perfect his favorite Christmas song... Little Drummer Boy and while it was pretty cool to hear him finally get it at the end of the week... it was not cool when the parents figured out the day before piano lessons that this wasn't even in his lesson for the week!! Luckily he picks up music quickly and was able to pull off the lesson for the week in a day.  This week he wants to get down the Carol of the Bells.

Ainsley of course has been playing her Christmas song since August so she had been playing her required pieces for the week.

Love the two of them by the Christmas tree...

And my favorite shot of the day... sigh... she looks so grown up!