Here is the finished product. It's not very big, but Julene and Jared were thrilled. Julene knew exactly what she wanted. She told me to go inside for the carrot nose, something curvy for the mouth, a hat, and scarf. I like the tumble weed arms. She also added snow ears later.
Today was also the last day for school and the Christmas sing. We enjoyed all the numbers.
Nathan was so animated and bouncy during his numbers. His body just feels the music all over.
Marianne was very cute and reserved. She was the only one Jared actually saw and he was pleased to see someone he knew singing.
Janae's grade sang Carol of The Bells and she got to be one of the chimes throughout the piece which she was thrilled about and practiced her part very well. She also got braces today. Yes, this is something new for all of us. She has been pretty excited and picked red and green bands for Christmas. We'll see how long the excitement, and soreness lasts.
Last week Janae, Nathan, and Marianne had their clogging Christmas program. We all enjoyed it. Janae and Nathan were so fun to watch. Janae is as dramatic as ever and her team is getting really good.
Nathan's boy group sure do some fun things, and he is becoming quite the stage presence. We tease him about his cute bum shakes at the beginning when they have their back to the audience. He says he was just trying to relax before the music starts.
Marianne was pretty nervous and told me she wanted to quit, but I said she would have to wait until after her performance and not let her team down. She was the most nervous about their Christmas dance which they had only practiced a few times and were doing freestyles in, but she seemed to be one of the ones who remembered it the best. She still says she wants to quit and doesn't like performing. We'll see what the new year brings.
The excitement is just overflowing at our house. I think it elevated on Sunday with the Christmas program. I still love hearing Randy's choir numbers. They did his new arrangement of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. He included two violins, soloist obbligato, piano, choir, and french horn. (I suppose the french horn can sometimes be included in the woodwind category.) It had a very classical feel, which I really liked. They also sang an arrangement of Silent Night that was just beautiful.
I taught the 4 year olds the Christmas lesson, and they were just enthralled. There truly is something spiritual in retelling the first Christmas. Our class also gave sharing time, which wasn't quite so magical. Julene was teasing, lifting up may skirt, and trying to talk in the microphone. Would she have been so bad if I wasn't her teacher?
Everyone came home from church with lessons and gifts for Christmas, and more gifts and treats came home from school today. Can you feel the energy? Can we make it just 3 more days? What if Santa doesn't bring what you asked for?
1 comment:
What fun! I wish we had some snow to play in. Hopefully you will still have some when we come next week! I feel your pain with sharing time...did you know they are stopping class presentations for sharing time next year - church wide. Yippee! Hope the next three days are really fun.
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