It seems the older our kids get, the busier we are. This is especially true during the holiday season. The kids participated in the annual school concert early in December. If you remember a few years ago, when AJ went to a different school, we were not impressed with the holiday program. There wasn't one Christmas song!! Not so at this school. The program had a bunch of super-cutesy songs about Christmas and jingle bells and all the things that a school holiday program should include. It was well worth our time. Not only that, they were smart and didn't try to crowd everyone into the elementary school gym during the middle of the day. Instead, it was held at the high school in the evening, so the parents could actually come and see.
Natalie and AJ were also part of the nativity for our ward Christmas program. AJ was a wise man, and Natalie was an angel in the choir. I decided to sing a solo for the program. I sang, "A Baby Changes Everything". It was terrifying, but I got lots of positive comments. The program was maybe longer than it needed to be, but very spiritual. And afterwards, of course, the kids got a visit from their favorite jolly old elf.
AJ had a piano recital last month. He played "Silent Night" and "I Saw Three Ships" and did great as always.
Natalie's ballet studio and another dance company in town performed, "The Nutcracker" this year. Natalie was a cute little mouse. Her favorite part was in the battle between mice and nutcracker soldiers, one of the soldiers got to lift her up.
It seems even the weather was in a Christmasy mood. We got three or four decent snow storms in December, which is unusual for this area. It would have been a whole lot more fun if the city did anything to actually take care of the roads. Instead, they just let people drive on it, compact it, and turn into a giant layer of ice. Here we are building a snowman with Natalie's friend, Miranda.
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