Tis the Season

It was a season packed weekend for us. Saturday morning started with a local village Choir rehearsal for Violet and Zoe and then Violet's birthday party. I under estimated the time it would take to blow up 21 beach balls with our electric pump. Luckily for us, a couple of my close friends showed up first and helped out. Violet had a pool party at a local hotel. The kids had a great time but we forgot to get any pictures of the swim time. Later in the afternoon the two older girls went to a church choir rehearsal and then performed before the church had a play the 3 stories of Christmas. Sunday morning was busy too, we had to split up to get everything done. DJ, Violet and Marina went to church and Heather, Zoe and Gavin headed to the mall (long story). We met back mid day to pick out the Christmas tree. We usually pick a blue spruce but it was slim pickings this year so we settled on a less then perfect tree. It still looks beautiful though and is ready for Santa to come decorate it with his presents. We then went down to the village for the annual Christmas carols. Violet and Zoe were both in the village choir this year. Everyone had a great time and got to meet Santa before we all made the march with the local fife and drum down to the tree lighting. By this time it had stopped snowing and started sleeting. The kids felt really bad for Santa because they saw him walking home on foot with a bag full of "something" in the freezing sleet. I tried to assure them that he was well equipped for this weather working in the North Pole and all. Everything was covered in ice! We made it home safely and put the finishing touches on our holiday decorations.