Events This Week

December tends to be a busy month. With Christmas this months and many different events that accompany it, the days can fill before we know it.

Last Sunday, the boys were in the church Christmas play. Austin was a Bethlehem Kid, and Adam was a Shepherd Kid. The "teams" did not get along well, but they realized that Jesus was born so we could have peace on earth. In the end the kids became friends.



In Adam's Sunday School class there are several girls, but only 4 boys. The director of the play decided it would be really cute to have those 4 boys be in something of a "Barber Shop Quartet"


She went as far as to add the hats. They had about 2 lines to sing as a quartet. I thought they did a magnificent job.



It's not the clearest picture, but aren't they cute?



This is the whole group. There were about 50 children in all. Austin is in the group on the right. He is in the middle row, second from the right. Adam is in the group on the left. He is on the right hand side (He is actually looking to the side.) It was a great performance. They practiced a lot, put a lot of work into and the play turn out beautifully.

Friday they had a Christmas school sing-a-long. The whole school got together, sang some Christmas carols. They also had the violin students come up to play some songs.


I couldn't be there, but Mike got video for me and still pictures for my blog :) Austin is second from the right.

Then the Waterman singers got up to sing some songs.

Austin is on the right hand side--just down from the boy in yellow. They sang some of the same songs they did a week earlier at Barnes and Noble. But, they did such a great job. I am really proud of Austin and the groups he is in this year.

Several weeks ago, a neighbor brought over an invitation to a Mexican Festival of Las Posadas (meaning "the Inns") So, Friday night the boys attended this party. They actually dressed as Shepard's and went to several houses and sang:

Who will offer a place to sleep
for the weary pilgrims
they are so tired from their walk
on these long and dusty roads

They were denied at the first 3 houses, but at the 4th house (the house where they started) they were at first denied, then they realized it was Mary and Joseph, they let them in. They had cookies and empanadas (it reminded me of deep fried cheese tacos--they didn't taste bad, but I'm not sure how healthy they were). Then the children went tot he basement and made pine cone bird feeders, then they had 2 pinatas to break. They had so much fun! I do hope they do this again next year.

Saturday, we went to my parents church where they had a walk through Bethlehem. It was interesting to watch the boys. Austin went ahead, then came back with us, then went ahead, then came back. I'm sure he saw everything several times. Adam would stop at each "station" and ask questions: "How will we know which stable the baby will be in?" "How does the potter make the pots?" "Why does the potter need warm water?" "What does the Hebrew scroll say?"
I have to say, some of his questions were pretty impressive. Then we went in for cookies and fellowship. The boys would go in and out. When I asked what they were doing out in the cold the replied they were hanging out by the fire. When I thought later about that response, I thought I wonder if that is what the kids of that time did. Instead of hanging out at a shoppe, they might hang out by the fire by the Inn (or something of the sort) :)

We have had a busy week, but it has been filled with wonderful Christmas activities. I hope the boys are enjoying them as much as I did.