Entertainers

This evening, Lexi and Jordan decided to put on a performance for me.  They were upstairs figuring out what to do.  I heard lots of commotion.  They asked me to sit on the couch.  They announced it from the stairs.  Lexi did the sound affects on the keyboard and Jordan did a lot of silly things.  It ended up with him on the floor like he was dead.  Funny kids.

Disney Live

For Christmas, my boss and his wife sent us tickets to Disney Live - Princesses & Pirates.  We went this evening.  The first half of the show was a princess story.  The second half was much more entertaining for us.  My kids like Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  Captain Hook is always a fascinating character.  

Buskers Festival

Today, we saw extreme pogo stick jumpers, acrobats, fire jugglers, musicians, and joke tellers at the Seaport Village's Buskers Festival. The weather was perfect. We went with Grandma, Papa and Travis. Lexi's favorite part was the guy playing the didgeridoo. She danced and had was loving it. When anyone gave him money, he lifted his hat and made a funny sound as he continued playing.

Church Christmas Party 2010

We went to the church Chistmas party last night. The kids were excited to see Santa and Lexi was excited about her performance.

Despite this anticipation or maybe because of it, getting ready to go was drama filled. They were both moody, but Lexi was quite the diva. Right after I put a red shirt on her, she told me that they were supposed to wear white to be angels. Fortunately, this holiday one was in the dryer. I got it out and put it on her, but she decided that she wanted to wear the red one. Of course I couldn't let her so there was a tantrum. Then, I asked her to take the bandaid off of her forehead, which had been covering a scratch that Jordan had given her. For some strange reason, she decided that she would rather look for a new bandaid and ended up touching my hot curling iron. Jordan was kind enough to get her an ice pack, which she didn't really use. The screaming, crying, fit-throwing, etc. was almost enough for me to decide to stay home. However, we went and had a nice time. Getting out of the house can be difficult, but worth it. You would think that all that moodiness would follow us, but it never does. The show must go on, right?

The kids enjoyed getting their picture with Santa. The turkey dinner was delicious. It was fun laughing and joking with Grandma & Aunt Paige. Then, we all clapped for Lexi and the other kids during their performance.

Unfortunately, Lexi's burn on her finger ended up blistering. She spent most of the evening soaking it in her ice water.







Santa

Performance



Soaking the Finger

Primary Program 2010

This morning was the primary program (a.k.a. kids' program) at church. They had the sunbeam class (four year olds) speak last. Lexi got up and did a great job. See her explain what she is going to say in the video below. After their talks, the leaders had the sunbeams line up against the front of the stage to sing. There were two microphones set up and they placed her directly in front of one of them. She leaned over and sung her heart out. Then, the whole congregation sang I am a Child of God. She continued to belt it out into the microphone, so she could be heard above everyone else.

I literally laughed so hard I cried. My mom & sister were laughing too. Good thing everyone was singing because we were almost rolling in the aisle. I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time. Someone's kid always has to entertain at these things and today it was mine. Everyone commented about it and several people said they enjoyed seeing us laugh like that.