Winter Choir Concert

Wednesday, we had a pretty busy day. I was scrambling to get as much work done as possible since it was my last day (technically) before vacation. Everest and I did take an hour or so to go to my mom's store for lunch though.

After Julie got home, Everest went down for a short nap, and Julie and I made some gingerbread dough to refrigerate for later, then I made pancakes for dinner. (I'm so pleased that I have cooked every night this week--at last getting into a good pattern!) We hurried out the door afterwards to get Julie to her evening choir concert on time.



We met Nana and Papa there; they saved seats for me and Everest. The concert was a lot of fun. It was neat to see and hear all the songs she has been practicing at home. Everest knew how a lot of them went too (due to all the practicing), so he enjoyed singing or dancing along.





This is Julie and her two best friends in the world:


After the concert, we went to Culvers for custard. We got to see Legolas while we were there--hooray! Nana and Papa came along to help celebrate the successful concert night.



Understandably, it took awhile to get the kids settled down to bed but once they were asleep, they were NOT getting up. Legolas came by later to chat and watch a movie. Fun times! I was exhausted by time bed rolled around though. Morning was going to come waaaay too soon.

Parting Shots
Everest took these, composed them and everything, and I did a little high-contrast, Photoshop magic on them.

School Happenings

Thursday, Everest's class had a group activity where they made Stone Soup. If you aren't familiar with the old folk story, it's a good one. Families were invited to partake, so Heath and I went to his classroom. He was elated to see us there.




That evening, we met my parents for dinner at my mom's store. The kids took their gingerbread houses to show Nana and Papa and to eat them for dessert. The food was wonderful as usual!



Everest had a little trouble going to bed that night and ended up sitting in bed with Heath when he got home. It was kind of cute. :o)



Friday, Everest and I looked up how to make homemade volcano explosions because Julie just gave him one of her old toys that would be perfect for the experiment. We set it up and did a it a few times. He LOVED it. Who wouldn't?



In the early afternoon, Julie's school choir had a special patriotic performance. The three of us were able to make it and hear her sing and say her lines. She did a great job! And the patriotic presentation got me teary-eyed a few times. I don't know why it does that...




Oh! Something fun came in the mail. I decided to have a few copies of my first novel self-published just for my own benefit and to send to a couple friends. I had created a cover a couple years ago, and since I now had the book template from doing the Inkaholics books, I figured--why not?



If you would happen to be interested in getting on yourself, let me know, and I'll send you the private link to the Lulu page. :o)

Julie had a sleepover that night. After dropping her off, Everest and I made our way to the pet store. They weren't busy, so I asked if we could be allowed to handle a corn snake--just to see if Everest could deal with it. He always says he'll be fine holding a snake, but you just never know, and it's a big investment to get such a set up.

Thankfully they weren't busy at all, and a guy took the time to get us handle a snake. Everest actually did a great job, and I had fun holding it too. It was SO cute. We found out that with the snake and the whole set up, it would come to around $150. So...PetCo gift cards for Everest--for birthdays and all holidays! One day we'll be able to afford it...

Parting Shot
I have another picture somewhere (I'm too tired to find it right now) of Julie in this same composition, returning library books through the sideview mirror. I love it and this one as well.