The night of Betty's kid's Christmas program (Fri Dec 7), I got to
babysit David & Bethany - which was quite uneventful & relaxing (phew).
After story time on the couch and supper we still had time for Bethany to
finish this pretty plastic wreath that a couple of the other kids had started
previously.
This is the next morning (Sat Dec 8) and after showing off her wreath to
Oma, she ran up stairs and put on a fancy dress & black stockings and we
rushed off to her first piano recital!
Here she
is with Heidi at the church where Heidi organized a recital for all her piano
students! Very nice! So neat to be able to go and hear the children play and
see Heidi encouraging, coaching or accompanying them.
Kenny
Maria, Andrew & Daniel played also. Great job everyone!
Christmas flower basket arranging with Oma
Thurs Dec 20, John dropped off Esther & Sarah at Sharon's while in the area for business so they could stay for the weekend - so nice! Great that Heidi, with her busy schedule, was also able to make it for the morning - nice to have some time with the teens before the little girls came (oops, Esther's not so little anymore!) Here we are hanging out in my livingroom after lunch.
After
supper, just as the snow began to fall in huge fluffy flakes, the girls went
out, candle & flashlight in hand, to fill the air with their sweet melodious
"Glor-o-ria, in Excelis Deo, Glor-o-o-ria, in Excelsis De-eo".... One
delighted neighbour asked if we had ordered the snow just for this (it hadn't
really snowed yet this winter!)
