Friday, December 21, 2007

Day Care Christmas Program

My son's day care put on a Christmas program. It was precious. His 2-year-old class started the show singing "Jingle Bells." The kids also sang "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Aedan blows a kiss at the end of the second song. I was laughing so the video is shaky. In fact, I was shooting with my digital still camera-so it's not very steady throughout the video. During the last song, Aedan stared at the bulletin board behind him-not sure what he was looking at back there? None of the kids were really singing, but Aedan sure had the hand motions going-he almost looked as if he'd take flight at one point! (He's the kid in the red shirt) Enjoy! MERRY CHRISTMAS!


(Thanks for endulging me this post-it was the quickest, easiest way to share the videos with my family & friends)

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Remembering what's important during Christmas

My friend, Jennifer, emailed me that she had read this excerpt today on a blog written by a woman in Georgia who has adopted 39 foster children over the years. It really hit home with her. Jennifer wrote "that the most important things in our life are our family and our friends. It is so easy to lose sight of all of that during the stress and pressure of the holidays. Her words really brought back the deeper meaning of the holiday--Taking time to show that you care."

Here is the excerpt my friend is referring to...

"I want Christmas to be family time with great food not the 'gimmes.' I've known adults that still expect a non-existent fairyland time at Christmas where they unreasonably demand that their partners, spouses or children read their minds and bestow perfect gifts that express whatever they need expressing and when their falsely high odd inner demands are not met, because who could possibly do so, then they are crushed by their own heavily laden emotional and material gimmes.

Life is about relationships not stuff. It's about people who care and are there for you emotionally and physically. Just as I refuse to allow my children to stress about buying perfect gifts for me, as I know there are none, so too can I not make up for their lost Christmases and childhood trauma.

I can only continue to provide love and stability, to meet their needs and to teach them about the deeper meanings of life that are more fulfilling than stuff. Stuff will never make them happy, they'll never have enough, someone will always have more and duh you can't take it to Heaven with you anyway. It's just all rubble and straw in the end.

What's inside oneself, one's soul, is truly all that gets to go. That's where one's happiness resides."

From--www.thebodiebunch.blogspot.com

Monday, December 17, 2007

THE ROOF, THE ROOF, THE ROOF IS


FALLING OFF!

My husband helped the kids build their first Gingerbread house this year. They had a fun albeit messy time, but it sure didn't last long! Next year, we might opt for hot gluing on the roof.