As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Jeff’s birthday brought the first snowfall of the winter. Charlotte wrote this limerick especially for the birthday card that she made him:
A birthday comes but once a year
So when it comes we must give a big cheer
By now we should know
That on your birthday, it will always snow
Let’s have fun now because your next is not near.
Very nice, very nice. Here’s Jeff with his crew.
Jeff’s birthday was rather low-key this year, as Jeff and Charlotte had basketball practice that night. I realized, after I had made the brownies, that I didn’t have any birthday candles. As the grocery store here in town has closed, I couldn’t really remedy that. But being the creative person that I am, I snagged one of the Advent candles and slapped that down on top of the brownies. I know…very classy.
Jeff took one bite of the brownies and guessed Charlotte’s “secret” ingredient of which she was very proud. “Is there mint in these?” Jeff inquired. “Yes!” Charlotte excitedly answered. “Four chopped up candy canes! There were supposed to be ten, but that would have used up all that we had!”
As Jeff had also bought himself the early birthday presents of a pressure washer and an electric snow blower, his birthday was also a bit low on gifts. But I did manage to come up with one, a new holder for his iPhone, as his old one had broken.
I also got a few cute pictures of the kids during our celebration. Jeremy has just recently figured out that we would like for him to smile when we point a camera at him, so I’ve been able to get some really cute photos.
Our next big event was the annual Richwoods Christian Church Christmas play. The kids had the dress rehearsal on Thursday night and the performance on Friday night. The play was called “Joy Story,” a takeoff on “Toy Story,” in which Christmas presents under the tree learn the real meaning of Christmas. It was absolutely adorable…a great script, fantastic costumes, just really well done.
Here are a few pictures from the dress rehearsal and actual performance.
Charlotte played the part of Rozfozzle, a marionette who doesn’t quite fit in with all of the other beautiful and amazing toys. Her costume rendered her nearly unrecognizable and made me laugh every time I looked at her. With her long arms and legs, she was really well-suited to this part, and she did a great job.
Elijah was Artie, the crayon box, who was dreadfully worried about the missing Red and Violet. He, too, did a great job and is hoping to get a bigger speaking part next year, as he had so much fun this year.
And, once again, I co-directed the angel choir. Here are some of my little angels.
And here’s a final shot of my two big kids. I love it!
This was a rather bittersweet year for the Christmas play, as it is Charlotte’s last one. She moves to the youth group next year. Yikes! But we have a couple more years with Elijah, so it’s all good.
Next up: breakfast with Santa, Charlotte’s first basketball game, and the homeschool co-op Christmas program. And, then, I think that I am caught up!
Stay tuned for the Christmas letter, coming up very shortly!
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