Piano Recital

My students had their first Christmas Piano Recital on Sunday. I even played a song this time! I played "Carol of the Bells". I think I was more nervous than my students were! I did mess up during it too. Hopefully it wasn't too bad. This was our 2nd recital. We did a Halloween one too. It was fun because I had my students dress up and they played some spooky songs. We won't have another one until May. Next year I will probably skip the Halloween recital since it is so close to Christmas.

I teach 7 students. Its fun because I teach my niece Lauren, my nephew Zeke, my sister-in-law Nicole, one of my old students from Freedom Elementary, and then 3 other great kids too. I have really enjoyed it! The time goes by fast and I usually have Lily with me close by so I can give her a hug and a kiss between students. I teach at my mom's house since I don't have a piano. It works out great because my mom usually hangs out with Lily for me so Michael can work on his articles for his second job at Orange Soda. Its been nice that we can both make a little extra money since I quit teaching but still be able to be home a lot and have flexible schedules.

Lily Update: Lily now shakes her head yes! It is so funny because you can tell its hard for her since her head is like half her body weight. She has been shaking her head no for a few months now. She saw a picture of Jesus and said "Cheezus" in her little whisper voice and pointed at Him. She says "Wassat" all the time and sometimes changes it to "What is it?"  She also says "bye!" "wuv you" (sort of), "muma" "dada" and "nononononono!" :)

Lily's Kisses: She has been giving us kisses for awhile. She has 4 kinds of kisses. To people she likes she brings her head in close and slow and makes her eyes all dreamy while she touches noses and foreheads with them. She gives me normal kisses with her lips on my lips. With Michael, she likes to lick his face. She also blows kisses and waves bye bye. It is so cute. She has turned extra cuddly again and gives us lots of hugs. I think she is the most affectionate with her big pink bear however. I think they might be an item :)