The Neighborhood Santa

The Dr. Todd at the dentist's office that is a few blocks from our house is very generous through the seasons. For the fall he had a little party and gave away pumpkins and now for Christmas they had Santa. Well the kids are suckers for cookies, hot chocolate, jolly Saint Nick so after playing in the snow a bit we headed down to say hi and have some sweets.

Later Saturday Elizabeth was asked to perform with the Bending Towards the Light jazz nativity group at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights. It was a great place to watch the show and the kids got front row seats so they could really see all the dancing, instruments, and most important, Mom. Bill, Christa and little Will also stopped by to enjoy the show. I took a small video clip form the show and hope to post the video later this week.

The Cold Cometh

This week you get some pictures of our morning drop off and the jazz nativity that Elizabeth performed in.

We had Zach's parent teacher conference this week and all our suspicions were confirmed. He is a great kid that is full of energy and happiness. He really likes book time and the teachers love the little guy.

Meg has been listening to Matilda on tape in the car. She just finished it on Sunday. She really liked Matilda but what girl wouldn't connect with a genius kindergartner that plays tricks on her parents and the school headmistress!

On Saturday Elizabeth performed in a jazz nativity at the church called Bending Towards the Light. The kids enjoyed watching all the instruments. Zach has a bright future as a musician. The little guy was dancing and playing pretend drums on beat.