Enjoying the Season
Sorry I’ve been absent again, but I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the season. Our house is decorated and the last of the presents are on their way. Pumpkin Girl finished up her first piano book and I’ve been relearning all the Christmas carols I used to know. Did I ever mention that I was once hired to play Christmas carols at a party? Best paying job I ever had! These days though, I play to a smaller, more adoring audience who accompany me with various and sundry percussion instruments.
Yesterday we went on behind the scenes tour of the BX (yes, after 3 years of living on an air force base I’m finally calling it the BX). The best part? The gift bags and pizza and drinks they gave us at the end! Then later we went to church for the feast of the Immaculate Conception. As on all Marian feasts, we sang “Hail Mary, Gentle Woman” which is Bip’s favorite. He knows more of the words than he knew in August and he sang out loud and in clear in his sweet toddler voice. It made up for him being quite the turkey during the readings earlier.
Speaking of Mary, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on Friday. In honor of the occassion, our homeschool group made God’s Eye ornaments. I put a tutorial for these really easy ornaments on the Homeschool Classroom today: Quick Christmas Ornament.
So I promise not to stay away so long. I’ve got pictures of my holiday decorating to share!
