Getting Our Share of Fun

The Christmas busyness begins.

 Friday night was the "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" starring (well, sort of) my grandson Nathan.

Then, Saturday night was a dinner at our home for some extended family.

Sunday morning was the children's Christmas production at church, "The Christmas Spelling Bee" starring (well, sort of) my grandson Chad. His character was a contestant who misspelled a word and was eliminated from the competition and relegated to duty as a Wise Man in the Christmas pageant.

Chad, the Wise Man on the left, right in front of the Angel.

Prior to the musical, all the two and three year olds were trooped onto the stage. I knew my grandson Liam was up there but they had cleverly disguised him as a donkey and it took me forever to scan the rows of cherub faces and finally spot my Liam.

Donkey eared Liam is the 4th from the right, beside the sleeping boy.

He was 'into it', singing and doing the actions, when suddenly he just disappeared from view. He had taken a step backwards and vanished below the 18 in. riser he had been standing on. A 'helper' was right there, got him back on his feet, and he never missed a beat, as he just kept on singing and doing the actions. They tell stage performers to "break a leg" as they prepare for the production, so I guess Liam was just trying to do what he was told. Good thing he failed.

Then it was off to a wonderful lunch at a friend's home with our Care Group friends. Our sweet gals did a cookie exchange and we are now supplied with a wonderful variety of goodies for the next little while.

We went for a long walk in the late afternoon, in the pink glow of the sunset, and met some old friends on the hiking trail. We were having such a good time with them that we almost ended up walking home in the dark.

I ended the day on a bright note, not that the whole day was not bright, but my hockey team, with me cheering them on, defeated the Calgary Flames.

Back to work today.