Christmas Recital

On the 16th we had a busy night. First the girls had their Christmas piano recital and then we had our ward Christmas party. The trouble was they both started at the same time. Luckily Brooklyn and Nikell were second and third on the list of people to play at the piano recital. We had to leave right after they were finished.
Both Brooklyn and Nikell practiced so hard on their Christmas songs, they both did such a great job and looked so cute up there. Brooklyn played "deck the halls" and "away in a manger". Nikell Played "christmas cookies and "who is coming". Toby and I love the bow they do at the beginning and end of their performance, it is pretty cute. They are having fun with piano and are really learning a lot.

After the recital we hurried out to the car changed the girls out of their dresses and drove straight to the church. We got their just in time to have some yummy funeral potatoes and ham. Nikell was a little tired and was kind of being a mommy's girl. Toby has a little trick to get some attention for Nikell when she is being like this. He sits her on his lap and tells her not to give him any kisses. He say's "don't kiss me, I don't want any kisses". Well of course she loves this and immediately tries to kiss him a million times. It's really cute to see how he can get her to laugh so hard. He is such a good dad and both girls have him wrapped around their finger.
The Christmas party went great. The primary sang a few songs and they invited the nursery kids to come up and sing too because they will soon be sunbeams. Well, because Nikell was so tired she didn't want to go up. She loves to sing but was getting nervous in front of all the people. So, Brooklyn took her by the hand and pretty much hugged her and told her it was going to be ok the whole time. Nikell just buried her head into Brooklyn. It was so cute and I was proud to see how well Brooklyn took care of her sister. They really have the cutest relationship! That night both girls were definitely ready for bed!