December Happenings

While we were in Salt Lake for Thanksgiving, we came across Santa Clause at Trolley Square.  It had been a few years, sad to say, sitting on his lap, so we stopped to take some pictures.  

When Sammy was younger, it was a tradition to sit on Santa's lap, but through the years, I've become a slacker.  

I've had the pictures in my Christmas things, and each year tried to think of ways to display them.  I decided, finally, to print a cute picture of Santa and put it in the front of  a little photo album, then put, in order, the pictures of the kids sitting on Santa's lap.  Now I wish I would have had them sitting on Santa's lap every year.  Maren felt a little jipped,  she's not in many photos.   (Sammy felt a little to old to sit on his lap) 

December is also the beginning of Jackson's gymnastics competition.  He had a little practice meet at the gym to get ready for other teams in the state.  He did pretty good, but missed a couple of months practice, due to football, so we'll see how this year goes.

Maren's 1st grade class performed a little play for other classes and the parents.  She had a lot of speaking parts because she was the "teacher" in the play.  She did such a great job, and remembered her parts perfectly.  (they  were cooking a gingerbread boy and it ran away).

I also volunteered to help out at Maren's class Christmas party.  I helped the kids decorate gingerbread cookies.  It was fun to see all the creativity.

I wasn't able to get a good picture, but Sammy and Aliza had a Christmas piano recital at a nursing home in town.  They practiced and played well.  Aliza even had her two pieces memorized, which isn't required.

It was a crazy December with all the happenings (including the kids' programs), but well worth them all.  I so enjoy watching my kids learn, grow, and show off their skills.