OK, not really, but I drew a blank on a title that combined decorating our Christmas tree and the boys playing in their Christmas band concert, which are the two main events covered in this post. I guess I could have gone with Decorating Instruments or Tree Concert (Crawdad's suggestion :P) or.....anyway, you get the idea. So, while there are no musical trees here that I'm aware of, there are three pretty cute kids and a tree and about a gazillion decorations and a couple of instruments and even a necktie or two (much to Cub's dismay).
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| Goofy teenager :) |
The pic on the right is so bittersweet to me. :) That's Cub's little hand from when he was 4 and his not-so-little hand now. I am so proud of and thankful for the amazing young man he is becoming, but oh, how I cherish those little baby hands from years past.
The kids and I decided that it would be fun to make gifts again this year, especially now that Taz is old enough to help/stay out of stuff. The pic to the right is what my sewing box looked like when I pulled it out and dumped it on the table. Um, time to reorganize?
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| She spent 45 minutes trying her hand at her own cross stitch project. She doesn't quite get the concept yet, but the child does possess persistence. |
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| Bubble monster! I got distracted and overfilled the sink with dishwater, and Crawdad just couldn't resist making a creature out of the bubbles. |
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| Taz making paper quilts while I attempt to sew Cub a cloth one. |
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| Impromptu math lesson. She learned about the thousand's place and then spent the next 20 minutes rearranging numbers and reading them off to me. |
Yeah, so can you guess what Cub's opinion of wearing a tie to the Christmas band performance might possibly be? Giggle.
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| Taz thought Mario was infinitely more interesting than the warm-up session going on onstage. :P |
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| Headed up for their turn. |
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| Waiting..... |
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| Lightning was riveted by the performance. :P |
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| Intermediate band |
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| I found Crawdad! Cub was stuck behind a parent volunteer, so I couldn't get a shot of him. Not quite sure why the parent needed to position herself in the middle of the front row on centerstage, but oh well. |
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| Concert tradition: Outback steakhouse after the performance. Yum! |
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| All dressed up and looking good :) |
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| Aaaand this would be them adding personality to the occasion. I love these people. :) |
Looks like a great show - neckties and all. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love your tree. We just went wi't our artificial one this year. We arent' quite ready to 'break-in' our new carpet with sap and needles just yet.
And tell Taz she's not alone. Annie played on her Dad's iPhone for almost J&J's entire (2+hr) concert. It was just tooo long for her.