Wednesday, December 14, 2005

"Christmas Chronicles"
...my boys were in a play this week put on by the homeschool drama club. there were 50 kids that performed and they put on a very impressive performance! it has been great to watch them practice and have so much enthusiasm on stage. damon was a sheep and had a lot of funny lines with his heard. clay was the littlest shepherd and impressed the audience with his ability to project his voice and memorize his tongue twister lines! i just pray for a little more humility...as people complimented him after the show he would reply, "thanks, i am famous you know!" aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas and grandpa came to support the boys. i was full of joy watching the kids tell the story of Jesus birth and then tears of sadness fell down my cheeks as i wished my parents could have been there.

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

7!
seven years ago i became a mother to a beautiful baby boy. six themed bithday parties have been planned with much love, then i'm told that you are too old for a "character" party-"suprise me", he says! for more than five years you have worn charcacter underwear--currently you are deciding between boxers or briefs (the plain white ones!). you have played team sports for four years and today you got his first real little league bat, although i think we might have a pitcher on our hands! you went to three auditions this year and still aspire to be a paid actor; when the drama teacher told the cast that there would be two additional practices before the performance--you jokingly said, "well, you are going to pay us aren't you?". you grew two shoe sizes this year. one more year my life has been blessed by you, happy birthday clay!

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