It was recently brought to my attention (CAROL) that I never let you all know how Gage did at his first ever piano recital.

He was only 5 weeks into lessons at the time and he went first. He performed Old McDonald by himself then his teacher joined him for a piano duet for Merrily We Roll Along.

He went first because order is based on experience. And he did phenomenal. Normally he would have shut down and not wanted to participate. But he walked right up there, played awesome! And then took a bow.

I nearly cried I was so happy for him. He was very proud, although he didn’t want to let on.

He had a bit of a struggle doing some practice at home, but Julian and Gage’s teacher devised a good plan: Gage would be responsible for asking to practice and we would offer any help we could. So far, so good. And for a boy who often opts out when the going gets learning tough – he’s hung with it and I’m proud of him.