Piano Recital Deux

This evening, Mina had her second piano recital. She played "It's a Small World" and well as number called "Hand Bells". She was RATHER nervous when she saw the larger-than-expected crowd. This reaction called for some encouragement, cuddles and a check-in with teacher Jordeen. At the beginning of the recital, Jordeen did a kind thing and had all the "nervous" kids put up their hands. Pretty much all the kids quickly raised their hands. That definitely helped Mina. When it was her turn to play, she got up quickly and walked up, nervously chewing at her fingers. She announced her song and focused in on the keyboard. It was very sweet. When she was done, she was instantly over-the-moon proud of herself, as were her parents and little brother.

The other fun of today, which added to tonight, was making cookies for the recital. We made the same cookies that were sent out in our Ontario-bound packages - the new Williams-Sonoma Stained-Glass Holiday cookies. It is far from a simple holiday cookie but is a fun-to-make and beautiful cookie that will be a tradition in our house. The cutter cuts windows which you fill with smashed lifesavers. I think that we made 32 today. I really enjoyed this effort with Mina, making something to share with everyone. The cookies were a hit.