December, week 3
One of the busiest weeks of that month! Goodness!
Monday was Nye-Nye’s Christmas choir concert. This is probably my favorite concert of the year. Mr. C, the director, always has a great mix of songs - spiritual, secular, and each choir gets to do a fun one, as well. The men’s choir sang "Mr. Grinch!" It was cute. The Choral Edition group always does a great version of the 12 Days of Christmas - they have 2 sets of 2 people acting it out in front of everyone, competing to see which set does it better. After all the choirs are done, they set up for the Hallelujah Chorus and invite members up from the audience to sing if they’d like. After that, it’s the final song.
The final song always makes me cry. All the kids from the various choirs (I think there are 6 different choirs - over 300 kids, I think?) sing it in surround sound. They line up across the stage, around the auditorium, in all the aisles - everyone gets a battery-operated candle and the lights are turned very low.
They start to sing as the kids walk to their positions, then once everyone’s in place, they sing this beautiful song about peace…. "Peace, peace, peace on earth, and goodwill to men…" They sing it in unison once through, then the girls repeat it while the guys sing "Silent Night." Ah, it’s bringing tears to my eyes just remembering it. I wish I could record it & play it for you. It’s just beautiful.
And I’ll admit to crying extra that night, knowing it was Nye-Nye’s last Christmas concert there. Doesn’t he look great in his Choral tux?
The next night was Sweet Girl’s first choir concert. The music teacher at her school offers an after-school choir for kids 3rd grade and up - they practice twice a week, and this was their first concert. They did a great job. I couldn’t get any really great photos of her because of where I was sitting, but she looked adorable and they sounded great.
I’m pretty sure she was the shortest one in the choir. LOL
A day or two after that, it was time to do Nye-Nye’s seminary cake for December. It had to serve as both his birthday cake and the December/winter one, so I came up with snowmen (winter) singing (representing his choir involvement) happy birthday (duh) wearing orange (his favorite color) hats/scarves. I think it turned out pretty darn cute, actually.
A day or two after that was Nye-Nye’s birthday… which deserves its own post.



































