Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
As part of the Duty to God requirements for Cub Scout Webelos, John participated in a walk-on, no-practice Christmas Pageant at Trinity Presbyterian Church tonight. He and one of his school friends, Jacob Fues, were Wisemen. John was nervous, but he still did a great job. Also, he told me after that he enjoyed himself. Sometimes, you have to face your fear!
Christmas cards have begun to arrive!
On every Friday school folder since starting Second Grade, John has gotten a check in the “I work quietly and do not disturb others” field, meaning that he does not work quietly and does disturb others. John likes to talk and play and he does both during class despite knowing that he should not do it. I think sometimes he actually just cannot help himself. When John got home from school today, he was so excited to show me his Friday folder. He had put a check mark in his “What I Think” column for that field, but there was no check mark from Mrs. Dempsey! He told me that he worked really, really hard these last two weeks and that he would try to keep it up. He was also very proud of himself and he should be. Great job, John!
This is my White Elephant gift for tomorrow’s work holiday party – two pre-mixed Candy Cane Martinis and a box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. It just might be awesome.
We have been having a fun time every morning looking for Chippy, our Elf on the Shelf, and Melty, his snowman friend. They find some interesting places to watch over us every day!
A fire sale of old kits for Big Tree Cycling means that I now have a real kit, arm warmers, and socks. Look out world!
We took the kids to visit Santa this evening. Laura asked for Copic markers, an extra-large sketch pad, and LEGO sets. John asked for Nerf guns (of course), LEGO sets, and Splatoon (a Wii U game). I am glad they gave Santa lots of choices! I was also amused to hear Santa ask if the LEGO sets that they wanted were expensive.
For the last two years, Bass Pro Shops has given free picture frames if you visit Santa on Mondays to Thursdays. I really like this year’s frame!
