Christmas Morn

Nuttin' for Christmas was our theme song this year. Not only because we sang it in a rock band for the talent show, but because we told our kids that we were literally getting Nuttin' for Christmas. No tree. No decorations. No gifts. Instead, each child was supposed to prepare a talent for "giving" to the rest of the family.

James was able to bring a couch in from the storage pod so we had a place to sit on Christmas day. Notice how we've replaced the "oh so predictable" Christmas tree and decorations with a rather nouveau take on Christmas--the Christmas table saw.


Here are our wonderfully talented children with the talent rundown:
Lachlan: Danced for the family
Soren: Played Star Wars Imperial March on the recorder (never mind the fact that he couldn't play more than one note--he had that rhythm down.) He also made us close our eyes and look away while he played. Being on stage was too much pressure for his shy side.
J.B.: A Lego Play, all performed by lego creatures and props that he had spent a full day creating.
Logan: A trumpet Christmas piece. He handed out jingle bells to the audience before hand so that we could "play along."
Janessa: A Christmas story, especially written about and for our family. She included multiple inside jokes and personal characteristics of the family members. She had us all in stitches. It was such a funny story.
Jansen: Played a David Lanz piece on the piano.
James: Wrote a guitar song for Soren. Played a lovely guitar song for me.
Created 2 years worth of journaled notes he'd taken on Jansen, Janessa, Logan, J.B. into little books for each of them. These books included spiritual moments, funny things they said, and are very valuable pieces of their lives.
Me: I played a piano piece, particuarly selected for each member of the family. I'd been planning to do a bellydance for James, but my bellydance music was all in storage (much to the relief of the rest of the family.)