Bethlehem is the official Christmas City USA so I thought I should update with what Christmas things we have been doing this month. Jocelyn's preschool put on a Christmas performance. The asked the kids to wear their holiday best. Jocelyn wanted to buy a new dress but I suggested we just buy new tights instead. She was happy with this and wanted to curl her hair too. To curl her hair with a with a curling iron takes about 20 minutes so this doesn't happen often. We had to document her curly locks.
Jocelyn also had the only speaking part in the show and did very well.
She has come along way from this summer when she wouldn't even
stand up in front of her cousins for a talent show.
Kelsey didn't want to miss out on a chance to dress up.
She was being really silly and we had a hard time capturing
a real Kelsey smile.
The Christmas divas.
I wanted to get some pictures of Bryce's first Christmas.
The lights on the tree were so mesmerizing.
He loved them.
Jocelyn and the kids singing "Jingle Bells".
Jocelyn loved her new holiday tights she wore them
everywhere, even to dance. She said she was a chocolate covered candy cane.
Amidst all our holiday cheer, we discovered that our happy baby had a double ear infection and even ruptured one of his ear drums. I don't think I would have ever taken him in if a friend hadn't something about the dried discharge we found on his ear. He was so calm and mild compared to Kelsey that I figured it was teething. I was wrong.
Bubba's enjoying his first Christmas sugar cookie.
As you can see he liked it!
The kindergartner's also had a little Holiday Show. Unlike the girls, when asked to wear his holiday best, he went with the bear minimum. After he told me several times that he was going to wear what he wanted to wear, I gave up and he finally conceded to wear a red sweater with jeans only if Bryce wore his red sweater. He looked very nice and they did a wonderful job. I recorded most of it so I only have a few snap shots that actually turned out.
Jackson before the show.
Santa showed up for the event but only had enough time to give each kid a high 5. It was pretty cute watching all the faces of the kids in the performance went Santa walked in. They were so surprised he was there. Kelsey started yelling to Santa some last minute requests, "I want a Barbie" from the audience. I am sure he heard her request.
After the kindergartners left to go back to their class rooms, he remained around for just a little bit. We thought that we would take advantage of the opportunity and went and said Hello. Bryce wasn't so sure about this big guy in red.
Even though this is Christmas City, USA I have felt that a lot of the things they have her in December are very commercial. I really have been looking for some events that would remind us of why we even celebrate Christmas. Last year I saw a sign at a few of the local churches that said "Christmas Putz". One night I dragged the family to go discover what a Putz is. The word Putz comes from the German word Putzen which means to decorate. A Putz is like a nativity diorama. The Moravian churches here each have their own Putz each year. The one we went to last year was OK but I decided to take the family to the main Moravian church's Putz display. It was very neat and I thought really helped to bring the Christmas Spirit. Our camera battery died when we went to take a picture of it but I have decided that this will be a new family tradition so we'll get a photo next year.
4 comments:
such cuties, Kathryn! poor little Bryce! It's a unique kid who won't let a ruptured eardrum be known :( Love your pictures.
Just got caught up on the ol Black happenings. I wondered how your holidays were. I always think about how many bdays you get to have and the works it takes to put on those shows. You are such a great mom and it looks like a successful year!! :):)
Never have I seen a child so mezmorized by tree lights.
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