Well, the other two recitals went VERY well. Abby played her violin piece perfectly and her accompianist (that would be me) didn't make any errors. WHEW. Sunday was the piano recital -- Maggie played her pieces perfectly -- Abby made a goof and got a bit flustered, but managed to make her way through that piece, did the other perfect, and left the stage with a smile on her face. A couple other kids had "goofs" too, so it wasn't bad. And, unlike the violin recital (which is very professional and serious as befitting a "real" music school), the piano teacher is quite laid-back and the entire atmosphere was relaxed. I think the exposure to both the formal and relaxed strategies is good for the girls, but what do I know? Just worked out that we've got a casual piano teacher and a "serious" school for violin (although Abby's teacher is quite kind and the two of them enjoy teasing each other). In any event, it was nice to go to both recitals.
Also nice to go back to church Sunday. He preached on King David as part of the series on "crises in the lives of saints". The specific crisis for David was the event where Absalom returned after 3 years away from Jerusalem after killing a man for raping his sister. Absalom decided to uproot his father from the kingdom. David's reaction to this crisis was the message -- David first left the city with his closest advisors in order to protect his subjects in case Absalom laid siege to the city, thus preventing many potential deaths. Additionally, David stopped to pray during his fleeing, trusting that God would help him out as he had done previously (with the lion, Goliath, Saul, etc.). In any event, the message for me was to remain steadfast in faith even when there is a "crisis" going on all around me and to remember that I am not the priority -- unlike David who had a kingdom to protect, I have a family to protect and to always keep that in mind.
The girls began camp this morning. I dropped them off for 9 and headed to the gym then the grocery. Came home to cook dinner (due to ballet workshop schedule) and get in the bath -- didn't get to sit down to take a break until 12:39. Never ends. Picked them up for 3 and fed them dinner. Took Maggie to ballet for 5:30 and home in a DOWNPOUR (and it wasn't supposed to rain this week -- go figure). She got home about 30 minutes ago, understandably exhausted between camp and ballet. She'll sleep well tonight!
The rest of the week looks to be about the same. My Bible study group is getting together Wednesday morning which will be nice. We don't meet in the summer, so I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. I saw one of the ladies at the ballet recital (friends' of her daughter go to the same ballet school) and one at the violin recital (her daughter takes voice and piano there). But it's nice to have fellowship during the "off" season.
Hope you all have a great week!
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