Random Thoughts

John gave me copies of pictures that he took of our performance in the Living Tree and the kids' Christmas programs at church. We had such a good time preparing and participating in these programs. It was my second year in the tree, Alex and Liv sang for the second time as well. This year Little Mary joined us! Since the whole family was around when the older two practiced with their choirs, Mary learned all the songs and stood right next to brother and sister during the rehearsals. Patrick (music minister) was kind enough to indulge her and let her stay and even included her in the official program! It was a hoot because she is so tiny she just really stuck out next to all of the older kids.

The actual tree

The Living Tree!

Mary singing away in between

Olivia and Alex.

The kids with the Adult Choir.

Checking out behind the scenes!

It was fun, fun, fun. And the best part was that my dad came to see both performances! I was very happy to see him the first night and pleasantly surprised to see him again the next night. It was great.

The next week the kids had their Christmas program. Once again Mary sang with the big kids. She also sang with her own choir, the Cherub Choir, and recited her little poem! She has never actually moved her lips on stage before the night of the Living Tree, much less has she ever spoken into a microphone on stage! It was a big night for our little one!! We were very proud. We were just as proud of Alex, who sang and recited a poem as well, and of Olivia, who sang and acted in a skit. She was very, very good! A budding actress, perhaps? Hmmmmm......

The kids all did a wonderful job. Unfortunately, this was not the end of their flurry of Christmas activities...the next night, Liv had a school choir performance and then the school Christmas parties began. Even though it was difficult to juggle all the schedules and make it to all the places we had to be, it was so worth it to see their joy and their enthusiasm at each performance.