Angels we Have Heard on High

This week was the WEEK OF THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS! Daddy wasn't going to be able to see either Emma or Reece's performances, as he was going to be gone all week. But, a stomach bug on Monday brought that trip to a screeching halt. He returned green around the gills Monday afternoon and after a day in bed, was able to see both kids programs. Reece was a shepard in a live nativity at his Preschool. He carried a little lantern. very cute- the picture above is of Reece with his little best friend Jake Miller. Jake has a sister who is Adeline's age named Abigail and they love playing together too. Emma's program was Friday and her class sang O Come Little Children and Angels we Have Heard on High. The parents got some good laughs out of how big the kids opened their mouths during the GLORIA ORIA ORIA, since you have to use one huge breath for the whole verse. This picture is Emma with Jenna and Haley.
Now that school is out, we begin sleeping in late, the carefree days of hanging out and playing all day, making our Christmas cookies, and looking forward to Christmas morning. I realized yesterday that Christmas was a little lopsided for one child versus the others. So Reece was going to have a very merry Christmas and apparently Emma and Adeline were getting the shaft. Daddy aka Scrooge wanted to decrease the Reece overload rather than supplement the girls underload. But Mommy won out and battled the " Rus"( that's short for Toys R Us ) on the Saturday before Christmas. Let me just tell you how many dads were in there with that lost, helpless look in their eyes, wandering the aisles hoping some perfect gift would jump off into their empty carts. Or better yet, a helpful mother would kindly direct them towards the popular toys of the season. They see the names High School Musical Three, Hanna Montana and Bakugan and are lost. Poor wait to the last minute Daddies. I have to add this as a last thought, earlier this week as I was leaving the Wall of Marts, I happened upon a strange sight. A man-boy of about 20ish walking across a busy intersection with a sly smile on his face, shoeless, sockless and carrying a stack of Dungeons and Dragons card in his hand. He smiled sneakily at each of our cars as he passed while we waited for the light to change, like he knew something we didn't about why he was smiling. Like maybe he was the Unibomber or maybe there was a funny reason as to why he had no shoes on in winter. But whatever the reason for his smile, the guy in the truck next to me looked over at me and we both gave the "WTF" look and then the light turned green.