December 9, 2006
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Whew! It’s been a full week! I had so much to get done this week and get the children to, that I have had trouble sleeping all week. Nicholas had a sleepover at Dean’s last night and Basil had a birthday party this morning. Now we have Church to look forward to in the morning and the SS Christmas fellowship and Christmas program rehearsal. This time of year there is so much to send into school and prepare for. Both Basil and Nicholas have 200 words each to memorize for the start of their spelling bees on Monday. We are planning the school festivities to celebrate Christmas. The 1st grade has a big formal Christmas feast complete with real china dishes, candelabras and silverware. It is a big 1st grade tradition and Basil remembers it fondly. So I will be polishing my silver and packing up my china to bring to the party. The third grade is getting ready to decorate gingerbread houses with the sixth grade and go Christmas caroling at a local nursing home. The kindergarten is going to have an ice cream sunday party and the 1st grade is going downtown to see, “The Nutcracker.” I am excited to be with the children at all these events.
Last night was the school program, “Carols and Lessons” and today was Basil and Nicholas’ first piano recital. They did such a great job. I am amazed at how much they have learned in such a short time. We are pleased to have a really good piano academy not far from our home. The teachers are wonderful and many of the boys’ classmates attend the academy. All the teachers are really well trained and good with the children.
In Maria~Angelica news…Her latest thing is saying, “Hi” to everyone that passes her in shops and restaurants. If she feels like striking up a conversations after the initial hi, it usually goes something like this, “Boo Ja booja booja boo.” But be certain she is saying something, we just aren’t quite sure what yet!
After the Christmas program, last night, we enjoyed dinner with my parents, Lena, Michael, Stephanie and Steve and their children. Their little girl, Julianna will start at the boy’s school on Monday! YAY! We are so excited! Jonah really enjoys the girl’s. Maria~Angelica and Phillip enjoy each other too! After piano today we took the boys to lunch to celebrate, thank you to my brother and father for treating us! Unfortunately Fr. had to go out of town for a funeral and missed the boy’s first piano recital. Some very dear friends from school recorded the boys for us. We are so grateful! We are so blessed to have such good friends and family.
Glory be to God!
Jonah’s Kindergarten class, Nicholas’ 1st grade class and Basil’s 3rd grade class. Can you spot the boys?
My brother, Michael, and Maria~Angelica, he is so cute with her. Yesterday she started scrunching up her eyes when the flash goes off.
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Merry Christmas
The memories that are carefully planned and experienced will be remembrered forever. Sometimes in ways we never truly saw, like on the way to the Nutcracker, the red light got stuck and everyone needed to wave through like a four way stop, or the snow fell diagonally instead of floated. The details my children bring up from certain memories, especially those surrounding Christmas touch my heart to know that they capture not the just the activities but the symbolism, the meaning. And people and their reactions. Our December has also included piano recitals, friends and celebration, a family wedding, several nursing home carol visits and birthday parties. The activity never seems to stop, and I find that my mind stays active during the nighttime, preventing me from a sound sleep all night long (but the laundry is finished now!)
They are amazing sponges, who draw it all in, so enjoy polishing the silver (its not a chore but a blessing to share – how many people do you really polish the silver for?), loving care for packing the china (its a tradition not an obligation, and they will remember your pattern forever) – your young men are developing their view of a future wife and mother of their own children from your daily touches in their lives (and they SURE don’t know that!)
Your December sounds enchanting and connected with so much love and celebration. Continue to share the light of Jesus with your young ones, that your legacy with them will be the beauty of Jesus in a world who needs Him. And love every minute of your time with them – they look spectacular. Isn’t it amazing how much a suit brings out the man in a boy – splendid!
What a lovely comments! Thank you! :love:
Such handsome young men and one beautiful little lady!! :love:
what a precious little lady!! have you done piggy tails yet??
Hi – I don’t know you at all….I saw a link to your blog somewhere else, in comments you left on another blog, so I just came to have a read….:) Just wanted to say your background on here is very pretty, and you have beautiful children!