Dueling Concerts

Last night was crazy. Bibianna had her Christmas concert at 7:00 at Southland Baptist Church and Carolyn had her Christmas concert at 7:30 over at Holy Angels. Well, with getting them where they needed to be by the time they needed to be there and trying to see both of them sing was a good exercise. Anyway, I managed to see Bibianna sing one song (and Joey took pictures of her with his camera, and I will post those when he sends them to me) then I raced to Holy Angels and I saw Carolyn sing all of her songs. However, being bubble-headed as I am, I left my camera at Bibianna's concert so I had to take a picture of Carolyn with my cell phone. She is the last one on the right side of the first row. (Right in front of the girl with the blue hair. As a parent, and fairly conservative I used to think that I would just freak out if one of my children came home with blue, green, purple, etc. hair color. But this girl was very helpful last night in marking where Carolyn was. So, I guess that if I ever get a child with a non-common hair color I will just try to focus on the positive value that it makes them easier to spot in a crowd. But I digress.....) Anyway, the choirs performed beautifully. I was almost moved to tears at how beautiful such young voices can be. We are blessed with two more opportunities this week to hear them sing. Bibianna will be performing at the Madrigal Dinner on Friday and Carolyn has her winter recital on Sunday. I will try to remember my camera and get some better pictures to share. Maybe I will ask for a video camera for Christmas so that I can share their beautiful voices also.

We have also begun the process of decorating for Christmas which goes something like this. Get boxes from attic. Rest. Open boxes. Rest. Put up pre-lit artificial tree and try to get lights to work. Rest. Put some ornaments up. Rest. Now, here is where the process begins to deviate. We now have 4 furry children and only one has seen Christmas before. Ella thinks that the tree is her own personal climbing post. So, she climbs up about 2/3 of the way and perches. This of course, makes Mopsy cray so she runs around the tree and barks, until she thinks about the presents or ornaments and she grabs something and takes it out to her collection in the back yard. Morocco on the other hand is much more subtle. He quietly manages to get under the tree and start opening presents. It is fun to watch. It is also so entertaining to go into the back yard and find what all Mopsy has taken outside. Never ceases to amaze me.

And, last but not least, I would like to say THANK YOU to Belinda for becoming my second follower.

ADDENDUM: December 10, 10:25 p.m. Beautiful Bibianna from her Christmas conert last night.