Sweet music!

Olan had his first Christmas concert last week. There was much excitement in the air as the concert approached. I had to draw a line on the advent calendar because every day started out with "is TODAY the concert?". There were two performances, an evening performance the first day and a matinée the second. He had a great time and really enjoyed his time up on a stage with a huge cheering crowd. There were highlights that I won't forget; like the boy in grade one who couldn't keep his hand out of his pyjama pants or the girl up a bench who was singing so enthusiastically that I still can't believe that she didn't fall off at some point. It's the unexpected things that kids do at these concerts that really make them fun (like Olan using his feet as a percussion instrument).

Enjoy, I certainly did!

And umm, please ignore my inept videoing. I was using my camera video and was so excited by it all that my hand wasn't the steadiest. :)

The Pageant

Olan made a decision about who and what he would be in the church nativity play the morning of. He was flip flopping around between a shepherd, a knight, a bear or a lamb (these weren't options given to him, as there seems to be nothing in the bible about any bears being present at the birth of Jesus, however he felt that perhaps the bible was wrong...) When we got to church, he marched into the Sunday school room, looked around and then announced that he would be a SHEEP. And a sheep he was, baaing enthusiastically the whole way up the aisle. It was a hilarious pageant, mostly because Mary didn't appear to have a maternal bone in her body, poor baby Jesus was dumped in the manger face first... I guess word of SIDS prevention hadn't gotten around Bethlehem yet?

The little lamb in action, or sorry, sheep!

The whole Sunday school crew

Having fun in the stable post-pageant

The angel goes up!