2009 Preschool Christmas Program

The annual preschool Christmas program at First Lutheran was a lot of fun, as usual. Due to a nasty bout of stomach flu, neither Tom or Nile was able to go. But luckily, Nate had already had the bug (see here) and I had yet to get it.

The program was full of the usual elements: singing, dancing, and crying. I think I've managed to have them all on this video - it's rather long but I think it was the one that best captured Nate's fine dancing skills. The crying is someone's younger brother who apparently didn't enjoy the preschooler's rendition of "Jingle Bells" as much as we parents did. (and no, it wasn't Nile - he was at home, sick, remember?)



After the program the kids all got a special gift from their teachers. Nate was beside himself with excitement over the small stuffed penguin. He promptly named it "Pen" and said it could be the "aunt" to Pete, his larger penguin at home. Later he decided that it really was Pete's son.



And then, after patiently waiting (in the photo above you see that he is sitting by Santa's chair. He didn't move from that spot until Santa asked him to come up), it was his turn to talk to the man.

He told "Santa" that he wants a Transformer for Christmas. Apparently Santa didn't know what a Transformer is (come on Santa, this is 2009!) so Nate had to explain that a Transformer is a robot.

I am still amazed that the kid who has to have me explain the details of everything (note) accepts Santa. Flying reindeer, presents for every child in the whole world, magic elves: this is all accepted without question. Oh, well.

Tummy Trouble

Last night Nate was up twice, at 3:30 and 4:45, which is really unusual for him. But the second time, he was up because he was sick. The poor kid hates to throw up (not that anyone likes to...).

This morning he got up with Tom and was watching TV when I came out. I told him that we would take it easy at breakfast to see how his stomach would handle food. His response?

"My tummy is handling shows just fine!"

Unfortunately, we didn't quite make it through breakfast. So it looks like it will be a lazy day at home for the family today. We are set up on the couch with blanket, stuffed friend, and bucket.

Of course, Nile has to be treated the same way too, even if he is not sick ;)

Snow Ice Cream

I had promised the boys that they would get to make snow ice cream on the first big snowfall of the year. So - when we got to have a snow day they were really excited to do it!

It's basically an egg, milk, sugar, and vanilla. And mix in a bunch of snow. They really enjoyed it.

First Snow 2009

What kind of mom would I be if I didn't let these two out in the first snow of the year? (Well, I'm not really sure, but there would have been mutiny in our house...)

Shoveling the driveway. They were surprisingly helpful.


Eating snow.


Making a snow angel.


Action shots of snowball-throwing.


We are anxiously waiting the "real" snow that is to come on Wednesday. I have been told that it will be full of snowball fights and snowman-making. Oh, and lots of hot cocoa has been requested.

Christmas Cheer

Feeling a bit like we were really late getting our decorations up this year (what is it this year with everyone being done Thanksgiving weekend???), this last weekend we decided to decorate the house for the holidays.

On Friday the boys and I got started, with the stockings, some smaller decorations, the nativity, and this little tree in the office.

Nile helped with the lights.


The boys with the finished "little tree."


Then on Saturday, Tom got out the tree and Nate helped us decorate it. Nile for some reason just wanted to walk around with his guitar, so he was our "supervisor" for the morning.


Nate was so full of the holiday spirit he wanted to record a special message for everyone.