THE NATURAL

Yesterday, Nicholas played at his first recital. For the past month, he has been working hard to perfect two songs he wrote with his music teacher Jan DeWeese. Nicholas came up with the words, and Jan wrote the music. Ordinarily, it is like pulling teeth to get Nicholas to practice, but he has been much more motivated in the past month due to the recital.

Nicholas was the youngest performer. This meant that he was the first one up. He was calm and collected, and he strolled up to the stage and took his place.

Nicholas was completely at ease, and he really appeared to be enjoying himself. Watch his shoulders sway below!





Here's to many more wonderful performances by Mr. Nicholas. Juilliard, here we come!

TRAINING DAY

So, Catherine got a new bike for her birthday last month. She had been riding a Skuut balance bike without pedals for over one year, but it was time for an old-fashioned two-wheeler.






We bought the bike with training wheels. However, it became apparent after all of one day that she was ready to spread her wings. The videos below say it all. Watch out world!