Early in December, the girls' school had its Christmas Concert. Eric, Nick, and I got a great seat near the front, and enjoyed listening to the singing of our favorites: the kindergarten, third grade, and the school choir!
Just a few days later, the parish choirs had their annual Advent Concert. I sang with the 9:30 Choir, and Katie sang with the school choir! It was a real treat to have the school choir there - that has not happened before. I enjoyed the concert much more than I usually do!
Our family was also happy to help out at Mass by lighting the Advent Candle for the Second Sunday. We got to process in at the start of Mass, and then Eric read a short statement about the Second Sunday and we lit the candle. It was nice for our family to be able to participate in the liturgy in this way.
ALso, we got our Christmas tree! Do you notice that it does not have any ornaments on the bottom 25% or so? Let's think why that might be the case. Oh, yeah. The New Kitten. That's also the reason why we left all of the breakable ornaments in the box. Good thing we have so many ornaments that it's still a pretty full tree without the breakable ones! It was also a good thing that we just set it up the first night, and didn't decorate it until 24 hours later. That cat was completely obsessed with the tree. Now, he just bats at the ornaments he can reach and crawls around in the bottom branches. Christmas is fun for kitties!
Nick's preschool had their Christmas program, too. This was our sixth Calvary Preschool Christmas Program in a row, but the first one when we had no kids sitting with us in the audience! What a treat! We were happy to see Nick go up on the stage with his class and actually (sort of) sing! He was even well-behaved with his classmates in the pews while the other classes sang!
Continuing our string of December performances, the girls had a dance recital. It was all dances from "The Nutcracker." I enjoyed Katie and Julianna's dances! Katie was a snowflake, and Julianna was one of the "children under the skirt." They got a good reaction from the audience when they kept popping out from under that big skirt! Julianna gets a little nervous on stage, and her response to that feeling is to get giggly. It's so cute!
So, between Parent-Teacher Conferences, the girls' dentist appointments, Eric's Dads' class field trip on the light rail to Union Station and Olvera Street with all three kids, caroling with the Brownies, classroom Christmas parties, and third grade Posadas, it's been quite a whirlwind! Katie will be performing in a violin recital on Sunday afternoon. The fun never ends!
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Thank you for this great posting and the one about Nick's birthday with all the pictures too. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and looking at these. It's great to see how busy and industrious you are. The girls look gorgeous in their dance outfits. Glad to hear you have all been singing and participating in these holiday celebrations. My love to all, Grandma
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