School Program

Today was N's school Christmas program. Grammy came over for it. We had lunch at our house first then took some pictures in front of the Christmas tree before heading to N's school. The program took place at a time of the day when L usually naps, so D stayed home with him...however, the little booger changed up his own schedule today and was awake. D still stayed home with him and that was just as well. I doubt L would have lasted through that much sitting.

N did a good job. He sat very nicely with his classmates. He got up and sang when it was his turn. He knew all the words to the songs and sang every one. He knew all the actions to the songs and did them really well. I'm so proud. There was one point in the show where an adult read a book to the children. That part got long in my opinion, but N was really good and sat still and listened. Everyone stayed after the show to eat cookies and see Santa. N was more interested in the cookies than Santa, so we didn't wait in line for the big guy. After playing in the all purpose room with some other kids for a while N said he was ready to go home.

When we got home we decorated gingerbread cupcake houses with Grammy. N decorated one house and one tree. Then I think he got tired and lost interest. So we packed things up and played trains downstairs. You just never know how much interest he's going to have a in craft or baking project. It was fun, though. I think I'll freeze the other houses and decorate those some other time. Maybe on a day when we don't have so many other things going on.

After burning off some steam in the basement and eating some dinner, we headed out to a local Christmas light display. We listened to Christmas music as we rolled through the lights.

There was a line of cars steadily moving through the display, but there was not a huge line to get in. It was a perfect night for doing this. There's snow on the ground, but the roads are safe to drive on. We are supposed to get a deluge of snow later this week, so I'm glad we were able to do this before that hits. It was fun. Both boys were mesmerized by the whole thing. We're lucky to have such a neat activity so close to our house.