Carter's Piano Recital

Beethoven would have been very proud.  Very proud indeed!

And so were we!  This was his first recital and he performed just right.  He played "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven and a folk song called "Lightly Row".  Carter has been taking lessons for a year.

We had a video-taping malfunction...I started with one camera and it quit right at the beginning!  YIKES!  So I quickly snatched the camera Addison was using to try to catch the full 45 second performance :)  So, sorry about the arm in the way, and the distance.  But it's the best we could do!  *sigh*

He has always had such a great ear and has loved music.  He prefers the classical pieces more than the kiddie folk songs, and it's no wonder -- he's grown up listening to them at home, and with Little Einstein's influence (we {heart} that show!)  He surprises us as we listen to songs on the radio, classical or pop, and he pulls out the instrument parts that he hears behind the main melody.  Steve and I often look at each and think "How did he HEAR that?"  And it's been that way since he was a baby. 

It was also fun that in the early morning, Carter and I made sugar cookies together, decorated with white frosting and sprinkles to take to his recital, too.  We took some extras to his soccer game, too.  It was a "Carter-Talent" day, that's for sure.